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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-27

A New York newspaper had an
article not long ago which was headed,
"An1erica's Fastest Author" and fol-
lowed with an account of the work of
CYRUS Townsend Brady. Within a day
or two there were protests from vari-
Gus parts of the country against giving
this honor to MIR. Brady. The article
in question stated that within a period
of seven months of active work Mr..
Brady had produced four long stories
amounting to 100000 words; short
articles amounting to 10000 words;
book reviews amounting to $4,000
words, and sermons amounting to 3D.,
900 words; a grand total of 433.500
words for seven months. This meant
that Mr.. Brady had averaged over g.,
900 words a day for the period. The
title of fastest author can not be
claimed by Mr.. Brady. There is now
in New York city, says one protest, a
woman, Iurana Sheldon, who has
written $50, 900 words IN seven months.
Even this record, however. can not
stand before the mighty efforts of our
old friend, the dime novel writer, Col.
Prentiss Ingraham, who in a like pc
Rod of time could turn out over a mil
lion words of manuscript without
making more than ordinary effort. Mr..
Brady's efforts as a champion author
also appear ludicrous when We stop to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-19
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Tho roar Of the East branch drive is
reported as having reached GrindStuUc,
Wednesday night. The logs are coming
along rs rapidly as can be expected ana
the drive Will probably arrive muCu
earlier than usual.
Miss Minnie b. Mcdonald, daughter Of
Mr. ana Mrs. Randall $. Mcdonald ~ a.
Pearl street. Bangor. was one of the vie
Tins Of the yachting accident at isles Of
Shoals, ~ H.. Thursday afternoon. Her
age was ~ years.
John Hail. one OF the leading citizen;
Of York county. Me-. died ut North Der
wick, THURSDAY. of heart failure lie WIS
Il years old He had held many positions
sons and four daughters SurYiV1 him.
Thomas Grecnlaw Of the Union. Calais.
was detected by Fishery Warden French
in the act OF dipping for salmon. beneath
enc Of the saw mills where the fish avS
in the habit pf lying. A warrant was
ISSUED on "Wednesday for Grecnlaw's ar
rest. but up to the present he has not
been apprenendCu.
J. NJ. Gleason Of New York City. was
arrested BY Game Warden Perkins Of
Bradley at 30 Mary lake. Thursday
morning, and brought to Old Town at
noon. charged with violating the StaCo
law which makes II unlawful for nom
residents OF the Stare TO enter uuon the
Wild lands Of the State with intent t.
camp and kindle fires thereon while en-
gagged in hunting arc fishing. without he-
ing IN charge of registered guide Be
Tore Judge Whiting in the Old Town mu.
rlcipal court. Thursday afternoon clfa
son pleaded guilty 10 the charge and was
ilEed $40 and costs amounting To al ~
which he paid.
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NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by Wires from North, East
South and West.

Countess De La War; was granted
divorce ct London, Friday, on the
ground Of the eari's dcserti6n ana mis-
conduct. The countess was given. costs
land the custody ,of her children.
Eiwyn F. LarsoR president of the
lefunct Universal Casualty 90. OF
Milwaukee, VINO absconaed, early III
February, on discovery that the COM
pany's entire securities Of 100000 de-
posted with the Wisconsin state in
sUtance commissioner We're worthless
forSaries, has bees arrested at Wetas-
klWin, Northwest Territory.
AT Bisley. Eng. Friday. the shoot
Ing for the Prince of Wales prize re-
suited III several highest possible scores
during the first stage. Capt. Mitchell
Canadian scored 40, ana Capt David
son canadian also scored 40, both out
Of possible 20. Color Sergeant Mos
crop OF Canada won the fourth prizc
SO (StO) with an aggregate of 49, The
winner VI the first prize scored IS.
Lyman Hoffman. a Russian tailor at
New York, shot his Wife SOPHIA
through the mouth, early Friday. and
then killed himself by swallowing car
''AAN ~ IT, WI - IlOiIAtltlA Is dying III Il
hospital Hoffman had been drinking
heavily of hate ana his wife had caused
his arrest for disorderly conduct. He
was sentenced 10 go Gays ana had only
recently been released. The couple had
four children.
The trial at Maseru, Basutoland. 0.
Chief Joel on the charges of high trea-
son in fighting against his brother
Hsenl, and contempt of court. has re-
suited in his sentence to a years i'm
prisonment and to pay fine Of 500
head Of cattle. The town was lively
during tho trial. The most important
Basuto chiefs We're present Lerotho-
div. the paramount chief, walked to the
prison with Joel.
In q decision affecting the RESPONSE
biiity Of American steamship conpa-
MES regarding the safety Of their pas
sengers ar sea, Judge Thomas, in the
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CALL ACCEPTED.
Rev. c. G. Mosher, Bangor, Will
Come to Augusta.
News Received With Pleasure by the
Local Free Raptsts.

Rev. c. G. Mosher of the Essex
Street Free Baptist church. Bangor,
yesterday, accepted the call extended
to him by the Free Baptist church Of
Augusta, ana viii enter upon his du-
ties in this city about the middle Of
October.
Mr.. Mosher is a native of Maine. He
was born in Mercer in 1865 and is ~
years old. His father moved to Oak
land when he was very small boy and
that was his home till lie lett for Lew
iston, where ne obtained his education.
He was educated I'D Bates College and
Cobb Divinity School, graduating from
the latter institution in the class of
1891.
His first pastoratc was at Madison.
where a good many We're added to the
church membership and the interests
Of the society strengthened in MANY
respects. Tie was soon called to the
pastoratc of the First Free Baptist
church. Worcester. Mass. After a sue
cessful term of three years there he &C
cepted q cali to Bangor. where he has
been for seven years. over 100 have
been added to the membership Of tn
Essex street church since Mr.. Mosher's
Bangor pastOratc. The church build
ing has been extensively repaired ana
much new work undertaken. The Sun
day morning congregations have con
stantly grown during his pastoratc ana
are larger now than at any time during
tho seven years.
aIr. Moshcr is an Odd Fellow and a
| son Of Veteran. He has been much
| in demand for anniversary and Memo
| roal day addresses. 1t is known in
Bangor that Mr Mosher has declined
| an invitation to the passionate OF =
larger church outside tie state Cor the
| sake of entering upon the work at Au-
gusta. He believes in the future Of the
Augusta church and because this be
lief amounts to a conviction with him
he win assume the pastorate.
The news Of Mr.. Moshers acceptance
was received here with q great deal Of
pleasure both by the members of the
church over which he will assume care
and others who watch with interest til"
selection Of q pastor 10y q church soci-
cty. For long time previous to the
time when the call was. extended tn
members OF the church htl%c been de
sirous of obtaining his services ana
they are now congratulating thom-
selves uporl. their good fortune in re-
ceiving his acceptance.
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United States admiralty court, Brook
lyn, has ruled that American ships
come under the law of the state in
which they are registered and from
which they sail. The jury gave YER
dict for the plaintiff, whose daughter
was washed overheard at sea, and
awarded damages OF $4,000 The ruling
is regarded as an important one by adj
miralty lawyers.
After many weeks trial the directors
Of the Prussian Mortgage Bank and its
allied concerns, charged with falsify-
ing balance sheets, were sentenced at
Berlin, as follows: Eduard Sander, to
six years imprisonment and Il fine or
15,009 marks; Heinrich Schmidt. nine
months and a fine Of 2Q00 marks: Puch
Mueller, Is months and 40U0 MARKS; Ed
uard \. Schmidt, q year and 10000
marks; Warsnild, a year and 5000
marks; Otto Sander, year and 1909
marks; Haenscke, nine months ana
1000 marks. In the case Of Eduard
Sander the year he has already spent
in prison viii be deducted from his
term.
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REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Kennebec County.

rrbo roIIo,-.i,,.r t-,,s.eo,.. III ,.ooI o.+,to
Ihe following transfers OF real estate
rave beeh recorded II henneDec county
recently:
Ar-r,T-c,-5,> W = 1,, g ,,,-..
a. i.NNN. =. li5tii 80 o5 y " -
of AifrIfsta In5I $. fior1 $-otb I'LL
Ella ii. North. 10th OF Pcabo,I.-. MAJ"
t. Charles Nj. GUILD Of Augusta. land ana
LriftIinas II orI ntrar 7aI54,ii" cnt,
sidclatisns: Arthur ISmbert 'I Of Ausnsta.
t. Paul D4uteui. oL Augusta, land, $3.50;
Lizzie ID. Kicker Of Augusta, to George
y Bryant. lanu, 81, ana other valuable
conSlitLatl4ns.
CLlNTON-Annic ThurStOn Of Clinton,
to Manlcy Morrison 81 Clinton land. SOS.
GARDIN ER-Harllay ". Jewett and
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George II. Grant was arrested at Bath
Thursday night. on the charge of being
mentally unbalanced. A-r. Grant Is 4
wcll-known ship carpenter During TIM
spring he was injured BY heavy block
of wood striking him on the head ana ILL.,;
wife claims that since that time his ac-
tions have been strange. Thursday nisht.
he was seen on upper High street. nearly
a mile from home. His actions We're such
that he WIS closely watched ana nnally
the officers We're notified. Friday. thr
mayor and aldermen held a special meet
ing to consider the case.
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Schooner Sold or the Stocks. =

Bath. Maine: July B.-A four-maatcl
schooner now bein5y CONSTRUCTED at the
yard Of Percy & Small hero, has beer
sold to J. ;. Winslow e 60. Of Portland
and capt. Jason MCKOwn OF EDuthbav.
she will bc ready f y lifnnchng in ano y
one month. ana whom ready for Syl VIII.
D, commanded by capt. McNoWn.
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H!S. 18th ANNIVERSARY
Celebrated by Francis Adams, One of
Baths Oldest Lawyers.

Bath, Ne. July iS,-(SpcciaD.-Fran
Esdams. on2 ~ INV Oldest lawyers il THY
city" observed lis n;h birthday annlvcr-
sary, ,oJdy at his home On the corner III
South and Nigh street. Many friends
fHve called 1ubaA him during the day to
ray their resnscts, Including several mem
ptrS ~ the adrAocs County Bar AS
ISOLATION. Of which Mr.. Adams was pres
idcnt for years.
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Builds up the system; puts pure. rich
blood i'll the veins: makes men and women
strong and healthy. Burdock Blood Bit
tiers. At any drug store
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SHOE DEPT.

SHOE DEPT.
Little Gents Lace Shoes
sizes to 13, sold for $l.25, only 39c
Youths Lace Shoes, Light
ana heavy weight, only CSC
Boys Satin Calf ana Wei Kid Shoes
that sofa for S1,50, only S1.19
Little Gents Patent Leather
Shoes that sold for $I.50. only $f.f9
Mems Colt Skin Enamel,
(the kind that will not crack.)
Vici Kid and Kangaroo that sold fot
$50, only S2.67
Mems yici Kid and Calf Lace Shoes
tie latest style that sold for $3.50.
only $1a7
Mems Wei Kid Lace Shoes
that sold for $780, only S1.49
MEMS light summer Vests, small
sizes, &c
Mems Cotton Hose, Black, Brown,
and Striped, &c
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f.chiness OF the skin. horrible plague
Most everybody afflicted in one way ar
hnother; only one safe, never failing
cure. Doan's Ointment At any druG
store, 80 cents. -
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One of natures remedies. c,r-,,t b,-,,,
the weakest constitution: never fails 10
cure summer complaints of Young or old
1T. fowlers Extract of Wild Strawberry
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Il suffered for months from sore throat
tclectric on cured me in twcnty-four
hours. NJ. 5. GiSt, HawesVille Nv
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CAPS AND STRAW HATS.

All styIes Tor Men and Boys.
5oys' hats sold for soc only. 1916
Mems hats, 19c, CSC, 69c, CSC, $1.4S, S1.97
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Hoods Jdrsapariiia
and Pills

Radically and permanently cure it
strengthen and tone the stomach and
other digestive organs for the natural
performance of their functions.
Accept no substitute for Hoods.
81 had dyspepsia twenty-five years ald
took different medicines but got no help
until l began taking Hoods Sarsapari,la.
Have taken four bottles OF this medicine
and can now eat almost anything, sleep
well, have no cramps in my stomach, no
burning and no Distress" Mrs. WILLIAM
G. BARRETT, IA Olney ST., Providence, R. I.
Hoods SarsaparilIa promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
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Distress
After Eating

Nausea between meals, belching, vom-
iting, fatulence, fits of nervous head
ache, pain in the stomach, are all
symptoms Of dyspepsia, and the longer
it is neglected the harder it Is to cure it.
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UNDERWEAR

Mems ana Toys Balbrigsan Shirts amt
Drawers. 19c and 39l
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BOYS SUITS.
HOSE

Black, Brown and Fancy colors,
&c, 19c and sec
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

specimen away in its protecting little
paper cone.
baking Cassava Cakes.
The cave in the crater's rim where
he spent week was pointed out. With
much reluctance we descended a still
sleeper path to the northern coast.
Here most of the Carib half breeds.
some 200 in number, lived. 1t seemed
a general baking day. for all were busy
making cassava cakes. Most interest
ing was the process. The cassava root,
not unlike our own potato, contains a
juice which is a deadly poison. So
first the tubers are grated fine, and
then a cunningly woven tube of elas-
tic basket work, made on the princt-
pie of the little finger traps familiar
to our childhood is filled. One end is
suspended, while from the other
weights are hung AS the basket
stretches out the juice is forced from
the cassava through the open meshes-
In the old days this juice was saved to
poison arrow tips. Now it is carefully
thrown where it can do no harm.
The still moist pulp next is dried
thoroughly and then rolled into pam
cakes some two feet wide and thin as
paper, which are baked on heated
stones, or, if the family is well-to-do.
on iron plates One old woman, hide
cur bevond relief, her straight black
hair hanging in tangled masses round
her, complained bitterly because. for
sooth, the cakes We're rolled and there
We're no hot stones
All Had she but known. Soon hot
stones were to rain as if from heaven,
on her, crushing her poor old body into
even more hideous form. Soon the soft
white ashes were to fall like a wind
ing sheet on everything. burying for
ever beneath it the last hopes of
brighter day for the island cursed with
the Voodoo spell. L. Howe.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

screen of green far overhead; long,
snake-like iianos drop seemingly out of
emerald clouds to the ground a hun
dred feet below. Orchids and curious
parasites cling to the massive sides of
the trees and fill the crotch of every
limb Hun1mingbirds, like flashes of
coiored fire, dart everywhere. Huge
butterflies, scarcely less brilliant, flap
slowly back and forth, with gorgeous
wings so large as seemingly to impede
their speed. Strange notes from I'M
named birds break the stiffness. Be-
low a little stream is chuckling to it
self. 1.-the green lizards rustic from
under the horses hoofs, to stop and
peer with bright black eyes at the in
truders. And over all, the strange wild
scent of the jungle--the smell of fresh
earth, Of countless flowers and sweet
spicy fruits mingling indescribably
with everything. Great tree ferns, the
stems thick as young palms, spread out
their green lace work fifty feet above
your head. 1t is all so beautiful a real
enchanted fairy-land! Dryads and the
great god Pan himself beconp~ realities
behind each tree you look to see a
startled faun. Alas! all this is naught
but molten lava stream, by now.
Gradually the trees grow more stunt
ed. the tender tree ferns lay behind,
the harder ferns take the place of the
exotic underground and at last-the
crater of Soufriere. 1t is two craters
in reality, for in that great eruption Of
1872, when he shook half the world with
the fury of his wrath, new vent open
ed beside the old outlet. separated by
narrow ledge of Jagged rock.
Quite impossible of description is this
twin crater of Soufriera. The old
mouth a mile across and seven hun
dred feet deep, lined with hardy ferns
that dared to creep down to the
edge of the uncanny lake of
milk-white water that, when
we saw, wss commencing al
ready to bubble uneasily with sulphur
our gases bleaching the foliage all
around the edge.
The new outlet was far less impos-
ing-a tiny, black, unfathomed pool at
the bottom like some devils inks tand
The crests of both craters were Jagged
and scanned with old scars: the rocks
and bare places were colored to un-
canny hues by rising gases; while most
impressive of all. the cloud nlists
whirleG and tossed, and fioated out to
vanish in the sunshine.
Standing on the crater's rim the lit
tie island seemed like a tiny emerald
floating on a vast blue sea Nesting
along the mountains TANKS We're
countless little houses. Far away at
the south end lay Kingstown. Here
Ober' hunted with the tireless patience
Of the naturalist the mysterious Sou
Iriere bird never seen before by man.
though often heard. With what Joy
must be have packed the first known
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

not now be positively determined. but
1t is supposed to have been found on
the table-land of Mexico and to have
spread from there over the entire West
ern hemisphere.
However that may be, the red folk
had long been supplied with it when
first encountered by the whites, and
were sometimes able to furnish it for
subsistence to the starving settlers.
The methods of cultivation employed
were simple, but they produced good
crops. Each region had different ways
OF preparing corn for eating, but the
limits of this article preclude any ex-
tended description of this side of the
matter.
The cultivation was in the main sim
similar The method may be studied
Today among the Mokis of America,
who have changed less from their
original condition, perhaps, than any
other Indian tribe within the borders
OF the United States They are still
Planting and tending maize after the,
custom Of their fathers who never saw
a plough.
Moki Women Not Field Workers.
Contrary to the habit of the Algon-
gums and other Indians of the regions
east Of the Mississippi. the Moki and
ms immediate kin exacted none of the
neid work from the women. The men
,ended the crops, while the women
looked after the household affairs very
much as our own women do except
udl they went a step or two further
ana also built the house, which, it may
De dQded was a very good one.
"hen the corn was brought to them
mey ground it as they still do to-day
ana then they made it into peculiar,
Uut excellent, nutritious bread. In their
ara country there was little game to
LIuht so the mans time was free for
nlS farming, leaving the women, who,
unlike the Indian women of the East,
we're IN no danger from enemies of
tops
Inese bleak SUBMITS, 700 feet above
GIe plain, have not a blade of grass to
.lt'o"' nor can anything else grow
tt1Ie' one must look below for all the
~ ms and there your eye perceives
cleh scattered along for miles like
uuS@,shents of some huge checker board.
wHeTeNer the soil offers the conditions
when the Moki farmer, in his long ex-
ihis.lehee mas found advantageous, there
Hes farm.
owing to the extreme dryness of the
Trent In some respects from that of
Ms Eastern brothers. who were favored
I'm timely and abundant rains. All
sag ldtter had to do was to stir uD the
~ and plant the corn when occa-
tiiondi attention kept it in good condi-
III, IN out the Moki is compelled to de-
NE ne very close attention to his crop.
-. ground with a layer of sand upon
~. considered desirable, and the
6t,ler has passed fields. in good con-
buoh growing apparently in nothing
so 81, sand. Below, however was good
mulch. 'ii'e
How the Monks Plant Corn.
i. Iantng is done with a dibble. which
suck with a sharpened point and
a. "oulder at right angles on one side
~, 'ecelvlng a foot pressure. With
de-. implement a hole several inches
'o Ta are dropped.
ca, men there are showers. and these
re rather frequently during the
wing season. ali the men having
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

Then the meal is taken in hand by
the housewife. She mixes it in large
bowl with water. adding a small guam
tity of wood ashes for a leaven, and
seats herself beside the oven where
fire has been previously kindled- This
oven is composed of a long fiat smooth
stone, and adjusted in a horizontal
position with one edge against wall,
the other resting on a second stone,
thin and on its edge, and the end be-
Meath a chimney so that fire may
be built beneath.
Dipping her hand into the prepared
ba tier she sweeps it across the sur
face of the smooth hot stone, spread
ing a film over the entire top, which
is Immediately baked. Upon this two
more films are usually spread the
whole forming thin sheet resembling
very coarse wrapping paper of a soft,
blush color, in size about one foot by
two or three. This is peeled off and
folded up, and stacked on a basket
tray. 1t is palatable and nutritious,
and in combination with peaches or
watermelon is agreeable and refresh
ing.
The MOl1i an Epicure.
1t is doubtless equally refreshing in
combination with mutton stew or rab-
bit stew, two favorite dishes of the
MOklS. Inc WTllSF CdnlOI SpSdh VI
these combinations from actual test,
however, for the reason that he de-
veloped an unreasonable squeamishness
because of the manner of eating the
stew.
A large bowl of stew being placed
on the floor in front of the. guests with
a tray of piki (peekee) or native bread
beside it, a fragment of the latter.
broken off and held between the thumb
and forefngers. is scooped, like a drag
net, through the stew towards the
operator, the object being to capture
as many of the meat particles as pos
sible, and it is then deposited we'll
back in the mouth in order that the
fingers relieved of adhering stew by
the lips may be returned clean to the
attack.
when in Rome" they say, ''do as
the Romans do" and the same idea
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
FARMING IN ARIZONA.
NOW THE MO1I INDIANS RAISE
FINE CROPS OF CORN.

Their Methods of Cultivation ms
Practiced To-day Arc just What
they Were Before the White Man
SET Foot on American SOil-UnlilSe
.he Indians of the East the Monks
~o,.er Made Their Women Toll in
the FieIds-HOVv the Crops Are Gull
.tvoted-The Corn Is Ground by
the Young Girls to an AccOmpani-
,oent of Weird Singing-Bread Not
,,uch Thicker Than Course Wrap
ping Paper-Epicurean Tastes of
the MOkis.
DOWNRIGHT 1902, by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
In his original state the North Amer
team Indian was generally more of a
farmer than most people are willing to
believe Long before the whites came
~ This continent he was, in many To-
calities. reaping tolerably good crops.
In the eastern portions of the continent.
they were usually planted and tended
nv the women, the men occupying
themselves at hunting or fishing. Thus
the RELOCATION of the farming to the
women was merely a division of labor
made necessary by the condition OF
tribal society in certain regions at that
period.
Their only grain was what has since
been called Indian corn, not because
it was derived from India as it's name
indicates. but because it was discovered
I'M the possession of the aborigines here
who. in their turn, through the mis-
take of the first Spaniards, had been
enormously termed Indians. The
nroper name for this corn is maize,
and where is originated can