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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-03
Virginia 2, Princeton 10.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL,
University Of Virginia. Va, April 2-Prnceton
won from Virginia again to-day In a seven-inning
game by the score is TO 2. The Tigers streak
kept the Virginia pitchers at their mercy through
out the game. The brilliant fielding and batting
Of Captain Steinwender and Mier for Princeton,
two ST. Louis boys. was a feature Of the game.
If you are a hustler and want work. read
over the 2IS Help Wanted ads printed in
to-day's Republic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-03

and want them
as much so 81
it is to love the
beautiful and
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
SCATTERED THE SHELLS.
Evidences BicycIist Found of an
Odd Superstitition.

ut is a singular fact that a supersti-
ton is ir general existence among the
negroes living near Savannah. One
might naturally expect the rankest
kind Cf superstition in sections far re-
moved from large centers, but II is
astonishing to see how ii exists with.
in a mile or two of the city,
The speaker had just returned from
a Sunday morning ride on his bicycle
to Pooler. 1t was on this ride that
he made a few observations that con-
WINGED him of the existence of the su-
perstition.
"In front of every negro's house I
passed." he said, there was a quanti-
ty of butter-bean shells. For yards up
and down the road they were scat
tered. If the house happened to be off
from the highway, the shells were scat
tered along a path. What was the
reason? Why, because an idea pre-
walls among the negroes that unless
the shells of this seasons crop are
scattered on the road, the seed Will
not sprout next season."
The superstition was new to the
newspaper man to whom the story wa
related. but the bicyclist seemed as
sured of his ground. He is from a
South Carolina section where the nc
groes are VIGOROUSLY superstitlous, ana
he recalls many of their old ideas of
hoo-doo and other occult mysteries.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
ELEPHANTS LIKE KINDNESS.
Stories Told by One of FOrepaugh's
~ Sells Men.

Elephants are very peculiar ami
mails. No one can possibly tell who
they will take a notion to or against.
and there is no telling what they will
do toward any one. They are more
than women past finding out"
The speaker was Mr.. w. H. Gard
ner. general agent of the Adam Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers shows, who
was in the city a few hours yesterday.
Mr.. Gardner held the same position
with the Barnum & Bailey show for
about twenty-five years in this country
and Europe. He has been around the
world repeatedly.
THE general supposition obtains
that elephants may be handled only
by the severest methods" he said. In
some respects that is true. But there
are some elephants that will not stand
any sort of punishment. They know
their strength and will use it II pro-
voked. One of the most noted illus
trations. of this fact was Jumbo. OF
course, as is now we'll known, Mr..
Bailey was the real head of the firm Of
Barnum & Bailey. Mr.. Barnum had
the reputation that was valuable, but
Mr.. Bailey was the Snowman. His ca
reer has proved that the world has
never known his equal. When he pur-
chased Jumbo from the Zoolog-
ical Gardens of London, he
brought with him Matthew Scott,
who had charge of him from the time
he first came from Siam to London.
Now Scott was one of the gentlest
little men ever seen. He has been
working in Mr.. Baileys menagerie
cince Jumbo's death, taking care OF
small animals, and, by the way, he is
in Europe with Mr.. Bailey now doing
the same thing. Jumbo was the only
elephant he ever handled. Mr.. Bailey's
judgment in this matter was correct
as 1t usually is in all things pertain
ing to his business. When Jumbo ar
rived we all went down to the dock
There had been enormous difficulties
in getting him aboard the ship al
London, and like difficulties were ex-
pected in unloading him. Mr.. Bailey
sent Scott in to see Jumbo. The little
man went in and began to talk to the
biggest brute in the world since pre-
historic times. His soft. gentle voice
could scarcely be heard. With his
hands empty, Scott went up to Jumbo
In his room which mad been built upon
the upper deck of the ship and walked
UP to him confidently and said:
Hello. JumboI Nice old Jumbo.
Won't you come with me, Jumbo? Come
on, Jumbo, come along And
as he losened the chains upon
Jumbos ankles the big fellow
stepped out of the house and submit
ted quietly to the process of being
hoisted off the ship by means of an
enormous crane.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
NO DREAMLEss SLEEP.
The Brain Is Ever Busy and Never
Tires Out.
From the Utica Press.

from the Ut1ca Press.
Many persons congratulate them
selves when waking in the morning on
having slept a sleep entirely free from
dreams. In fact. the expression
ORGANIZES sleep" has become a stock
phrase which we all use to describe the
most refreshing kind of slumber. Sir
Arthur Mitchell, however, an eminent
British investigator, agrees with per-
haps the majority of medical authori-
ties that there is absolutely no such
thing as dreamless sleep. A writer in
1.-THE British Medical Journal" sums up
the matter in part as follows:
Many persons when awakened from
sleep assert very positively that they
have not been dreaming, and yet later
on remember that they have done so,
after all. In a large number of cases
such people may never be able to re-
member at all. The absence of knowl-
edge of having dreamed furnishes no
proof that dreams have not taken
place. The watcher by the bedside of a
sleeping person may have what he re-
CARDS as satisfactory evidence that the
person is dreaming, yet that person,
when the sleep ends, may feel quite
positive that dreams have not taken
place. In the direct support of his the
ory the author cannot be said to be
very convincing nor from the nature
Of his subject is it possible that he
could be. Several resolute observers
had for a considerable time scarcely
ever failed to ask themselves imme-
diately on Weakening If they had dream
ed or not, and they nearly always got
satisfying Affirmative answer. In
many such cases the details of the
dream were completely gone. but they
knew that a dream had occurred. II,
then, these mental processes continue
both during sleep and while awake. 1t
might naturally be supposed that the
brain would become worn out. Such
dreaming or sleep thinking" how
ever, according to the author is not to
be considered as affording no rest. On
the contrary, by the withdrawal of
will during sleep this form OF
thought Is, so to speak, left free to
sport. and accordingly refreshment act
ually comes from the change, not wear
mess. Similarly, delirium is merely an
otker form of this thinking without
the control of the viii. Further, on
such an hypothesis a reason might
perhaps be found to explain without
ordinary sleep. Some persons, again,
are never really wide awake, and their
thinking is normally of this disordered
character. Into this class Sir Arthur
Mitchell would even place the man in
brown study
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
CITY BREvITlES.

Mr.. Marion Lucas returned home
yesterday morning from Atlanta
where he was called suddenly Friday.
Mrs. d. r. Macarthur and little Miss
Macarthur, who have been for some
weeks at Cumberland Gap, Va, have
returned home
j. w. Mangham, accompanied by his
wife and two children. arrived In the
city last night from Griffin, and is stop-
ping at the Pulaski.
A new electric motor has been fitted
to the organ of st. Johns Church. IL
Is expected that it will be a decided
improvement over the old water motor.
The yacht Monsoon, with which Mr..
ID. u. Macarthur has been cruising in
the vicinity of Brunswick for several
days, was expected to reach Savannah
last night. The Monsoon was built in
Brunswick, but is now owned by Mr..
f. E. Macarthur.
There will be a meeting of the exec
utive board of the Kings Daughters
Union, at the residence of Miss Viola
Kennedy, East Broughton street, to-
morrow morning. Matters of interest
are to be considered and a full attend
ance of the board is specially urged.
Fishing parties are reporting excel
tent luck. During the last few DAYS
many have gone to fish in the neigh
boring waters, and the almost invari-
able report has been of fine catches.
The enthusiasts whom Sunday does
not restrain from having a try at the
fish were out yesterday. and some of
them had fine sport.
The military meetings for tonight
have been called off because of the.
minstrel show to be given by the
Chatham Artillery. The Chathams re-
quested the commanding officers ofsthe
various companies to call off the as
semblies, and the request has been
granted. The courtesy was one that
the companies were glad to show the
Cha thams.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
Riding on the Locomotive.
Russell Doubleday In the World
Work

Engineer Fish, wrench in hand. was
going over his machine" (Which he
called herr to make sure that all was
INT for the run before him. Standing
on the track beside his engine he was
dwarfed to insignificance by the great
machine he controlled; the driving
wheels lowered over his head and the
great cylinders could almost admit his
whole body.
OF sudden the Kissing signal was
given, the traveller climbed aboard and
sat In the fireman's seat--before him
sat the travelling engineer who was
coaching the several engineers for this
fast run. All was suddenly ready. The
throttle was pulled out just a trife and
the reversing lever yanked over a half
a foot or So
Under signal towers whose sema-
phores raised as they swung by past
railroad men who waved good luck,
past putting engines and long Pullman
cars undergoing process of cleaning
ana grooming before a run, they went
with steadily increasing speed.
The traveller found riding in the To-
connective very different from the easv
luxury Of the Pullmans; the great ma
chine was not so nicely swung on its
springs and whenever 1t crossed over a
switch or rounded a curve there was a
corresponding jar.
The passenger sat on the fireman's
seat with the travelling engineer" who
had an experience of many years on
this section of the road as running en-
gineer, knew every curve. every little
inequality, each crossing-an expert in
locomotive running and as familiar
with the track as man is with the
halls of his own house. The running
Of fast locomotive is a good deal
like the handling of a fast horse, an
expert is required to get the highest
speed out of either. 1t requires not
only skill but also nerve, and the duty
of the travelling engineer" is to sus-
tain the running engineer in the nerve
trying swift runs and to advise him
as to the handling OF the engine until
he has become accustomed to the swift
schedule and can run il almost instinc-
lively on time
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
w. w. Williams, worth County.

Triton, Ga, Oct. 19.-Mr. w. w. Will
liams, an aged and prosperous citizen
of Ty Ty, Worth county. died last night
about Z o'clock, after an illness Of two
months. Mr.. Williams had been a suf-
ferer from Bright's disease for a year
or more, but ii was only o. month ago,
that his condition was considered seri-
ous. For several weeks past his rela-
tives from this county and adjoining
counties have been constantly by his
bedside expecting the end to soon come.
Mr.. Williams was an old resident of
Berrien and moved to Ty Ty shortly
before the coming through OF the Geor-
gia Southern Railroad, about fourteen
years ago. He was one of the best
farmers in this section of the WIRE
grass.
Mr.. Williams was the father Of nine
teen children, fourteen of whom now
survive him. He leaves eight brothers
and sisters to mourn with them the
love and affections of a kind father.
His wife preceded him in death Just
two months ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
HOW THE GAME WAS WHIPPED
Story of Cock Fight His Friends
Are Telling ON Railroad Man.

Some of hts friends are telling a
good story on a well-known railroad
man who fancies chickens. In his
yard there are a number of fine games,
and the owner sets great store by
them. He is particularly devoted to
his cocks. They are fighters. and
that is what he likes.
The other day the gentleman went
to the market and bought a common
rooster. This chanticleer was of low
ly race, apparently. and 1t looked as
though he would be a mark for any
thing real jaunty and neat in the
game-rooster line.
1t was the purpose of the purchaser
to hash the common rooster up into a
chicken salad. So the fowl was put
IN coop to be allowed to wax fat
Early in the morning a day or two ago
the owner arose and sauntered out
into his poultry yard. There was one
OF the games, strutting around. He
was the cock of the walk, and he look
ed as II he could lick anything that
ever crowed. As a matter of fact he
had killed a few ROSTERS that had
strayed into his yard.
You are a fine bird" the satisfied
owner soliloqulzed. Its a pity there
isn't some rooster around here that you
could make look like the thirty cents
he COST
Then bright idea came. "I'Il get
out that ordinary fowl and toss him
70 the only real thing in the rooster
llne there is on the block"
he did 1t. As he released the squawk-
ing plebian he promised himself that he
would make salad of the loser. This
| was too much confidence, and he had
to renig little later.
Inc plebeian gave a lusty crow as
ne hit the ground, and the patrician
fowl was on him at once. The ordi-
nary article recovered from his sur
prise, and then there was the health
lest chicken fight seen in those parts
Tor many a day. For half an hour
the cocks battled, and at neighborIne
windows appeared a few early risers
VINO took decided interest in the
bout.
Finally the game turned and did n
hot-foot. Somebody in a window said
something pleasant about the victor.
Wnereupon the promoter of the diTl-
Guilty remarked that the game wasn't
whipped. He gave the game a little
while to rally. but that doughty fowl
soon had his head under his wing.
Forgetting his promise to make salad
out OF the loser, the owner of the
chickens caught the common rooster
as he was emitting a crow OF victory.
One or two wrings of the neck and
IL was all over. An idol he.i been shat
tered, but the rooster that welded the
hammer had to pay the penalty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
"ni'e oranges, Seedless Lemonds,
and Grapes an Inch in Diameter.
From the New York Post

"HSes, Seeutess LemOnds,
and Grapes an Inch in Diameter.
From the New York Post.
washington, Oct. 10.-In a few wears
white oranges may grace the American
dinner-table One of the exnlorers ~
the Agricultural Department discover
ca TINS freak of nature in mis- rambles
along the shores of the Mediterranean
some months ago, and brought some
cuttings from the tree to the United
states. These were carefully grated
on an ordinary stock at the department
grounds, and are now three feet high
A cutting of this plant was sent ia
santa Ana, Cal, to be tried In that
climate. A couple of years now will
see the first fruit. If it proves OF fine
flavor, cuttings will be widely scattered
and in time the white orange NAV be
as plentiful as the seedless orange.
A seedless lemon is another freak II
mas peen brought In from Corfu. and
II 1t proves successful will make things
easier for the lemonade man.
The department has a number of new
Walnuts from the Mediterranean. and
lot OF new and queer shade and foIi-
age trees from China, Japan, ana ont
OF the way corners of the earth. One
or the finest shade trees in Washing
ton, the ohingko, comes from China
having been brought by the depart
ment, and much is anticipated from the
latest discoveries. ''''
A new kind of a grape, each an inch
IN diameter, growing in punches a foot
IN length, is another of the discoveries
OF the department. A young vine was
shipped this week to California, to the
santa Ana experiment station for trial
purposes. This plant was found In the
mountains of Mexico. 1t Is herbace-
Gus. dying down in winter. and ma<ing
new wood every season. 1t is said To
be only fairly good to eat, but NAV
pront by cross breeding.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
LOCAL PERSONAL.

w. c. Pickett of Atlanta is at the
Pulaski.
M. G. Middleton Of Brunswick is at
the Screven.
Ledyard Pope OF FarmerviIle is stop
ping at the Pulaski.
e. Burdett of Brunswick is among
the guests at the Pulaski.
c. H. Davis Of Townsend is among
the guests at the Screven.
T. H. Hartley of Montgomery, Ala.
is stopping at the Screven.
E. L. Walker OF Blackshear is a
guest Of the Screven House.
N. II. Ford Of Gainesville, Fla. Is a
guest at the Pulaski House.
]. w. Riley is among the recent ar
rivals at the Pulaski from Atlanta.
]. G. Otis OF Columbia, S. c.. is
among the recent arrivals at the De
Soto.
Rev. Father Eugene v. ON. Boyd
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
Orators selected.

Macon, Ca, Oct. Is, 1902.-The Cice-
roman Society of Mercer Uni
versity, after a long and hot
debate, Saturday morning elected her
annual representatives, who will repre-
sent it at the commencement next
June. For Aniversarian, w. c. Carl
ton; president anniversary, c. X. Do
zier; champion debators, ]. A. Hender-
son, w. J. DeLoach, II. B. Howard:
invitation committee, w. NJ. Holsen-
beck, T. Eberhart, F. NJ. Greene, w.
G. Barrett, d. b. Edwards; standard
bearer, c. c. Edwards; ushers, j. S.
Wilder, c. B. Rosser, A. NJ. Gates, r.
w Willis; marshal, H. ". Mcdaniel.
The fall term debators were also elect
ed-W. B. Crawford. c. r. Brown, A.
NJ Sewell. The Phi Delta Society
postponed her election until Nov. 1.
1902, at which time they viii also Sc
lect representatives.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
WANDERER RETURNS.
Young Waycross Man Seems to Have
Suffered Temporary Mental Aber-

ration.
Waycross, Ca, Oct. 19-Darwin
Smith, the young man who so mystic
riously disappeared from his home,
FIVE miles east of this city, Friday aft
ernoon, returned at a late hour last
night. He could give only bare ac-
count of his wanderings other than
the fact that Saturday morning he
came to his senses and learned that he
was at Argyle, a small town twenty
four miles from his home. He had
% cents In his pockets, and secured a
ticket to Waycross for this amount,
and came to Waycross on one of the
trains last night.
A number of searching parties were
on the lookout for him yesterday and
every swamp and thicket within miles
searched. His wife of only four
months was near crazed with grief.
and left for her fathers home yes
terday afternoon. Late yesterday aft
ernoon a party of men who were
searching for the lost boy. learned
that a person resembling Darwin had
been seen on the public road leading
out from Waycross toward Argyle,
Friday night. His father and several
OlIleTS IolloWed the ROAD several miles
out, and learned that Darwin had
walked the entire distance, part of the
time on the railroad track, to Argyle.
Darwin passed the searchers on the
train coming home, and it was not I'M
I'll this morning that his father learn
ed of his return. DIR. j. E. w. Smith.
the boys father, states that Darwin
was unquestionable suffering from a
temporary alteration of mind. The
=
clothes, and had no money in his pos
session when he could have obtained a
good sum which was deposited in the
bank to mis- credit.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
Negro Run over.

Triton. Ga, Oct. ia negro man
was run over last night by the Triton.
ihomasvllle and Gulf passenger train,
due in Triton from Thomasville al
$40. The accident happened at MUIR
ply, small station in Colquitt county.
The negro had gotten on the train.
evidently to beat a ride, as when the
conductor passed around for tickets.
ne made lunge for the door and
jumped off. the train going at a rapid
speed. His legs were caught under the
wheels and cut off. The train stopped
and carried the wounded negro to
Moultrie, where he was given medical
attention. His wounds are considered
serious, and his chances for recovery
are slim. There is no blame attached
to the railroad company, as the fault
was none of theirs.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
TO SUCCEED GAMBLER,
Col. Rodgers of COvingtOn n Cnndf-
date for the Place.


date for the Place.
Oxford, Ga. Oct. 19-The many
friends of Col. ]. F. Rodgers of Cow
ington, are actively engaged in their
efforts to secure his appointment as
judge of the Stone Mountain Circuit.
to fill the place recently made vacant
by the election of Judge John S. Cand-
Ter to the Supreme Court bench.
Col. Rodgers is one of the most prom
inent applicants for the appointment as
judge, to fill this vacancy. The ap-
pointment will be made by Gov. Ter
rell Immediately after his Inaugural
ton, which will be next Saturday, and
a great deal of interest is conferred in
it throughout the whole state.
Col. Rodgers is one of the ablest
lawyers in the Stone Mountain Circuit,
and Is well qualified for the discharge
of the duties of a Superior Court
judge. He is strongly endorsed for the
appointment by the Covington bar, as
. we'll as MANY other of the ablest law
yers in the entire circuit.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
ROYAL HARNESS EVENTS.
Greatest Gathering of Tretters and
PAGERS Ever Assembled.

Memphis, Tenn. Oct 1s.-Tuesday
next vii! mark the beginning of the
Memphis Trotting Associations fall
meeting, and indications point to the
most important gathering of trotters
and PAGERS that have ever assembled
at any one track in America.
Cresceus, the king of trotters, has
been here for three weeks receiving a
special preparation for his attempt
against his own worlds record. Dan
Patch, the champion PAGER, arrived to-
day from Iowa and horsemen say that
ne is in splendid condition. Dan
Patch will also be sent against his
record
John A. McKerron, who defeated
Lord Derby, has arrived, and though
IL is stated he will not be entered in
me cup races, he will give exhibition
trots and incidentally be sent
against Cresceus' record.
The local track has been specially
prepared by Seth Griffin of Hartford
Conn.,, and is in perfect condition.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-20
EDUCATIONAL REPORT.
Commissioner Submits Statistics to
Secretary of Interior.

Commissioner Submits Statistics to
Secretary of Interior.
Washington. Oct. 1s-The annual re-
port of the Commissioner of Education,
just submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior, shows that the grand total of
pupils in schools, elementary, second
airy and higher, both public and pri-
vate, in the United States for the year
ended June 80, 1901, was 1929, 230, an
increase of 27S,520 pupils over the pre-
vious year. OF this number the enroll
ment of pupils in institutions support
ed by general and local taxes furnished
by states and municipalities was 49,
710,394, as against 5,443, 462, the number
reported for previous year. Beside
these there Were certain special insti-
buttons like city evening schools, bust
ness schools, schools for Indians, re-
form schools, schools connected with
asyluns, schools for cookery, and other
special trades and vocations, all enroll
ing nearly half million pupils. Ad-
ding the enrolment in these special
schools to that for general education,
the aggregate 10 something over seven
teen and thr'ee-Quarter millions of our
population that received education for
longer or shorter period during the
year ending June 80, 1901.
The value of property used for public
school purposes has arisen to $576, $685.
OSs from $3.50, $50. 00s in 1870, and the ex-
penditures for the common schools Gin
GLIDING elementary and secondary
schools, but excluding all institutions
for higher education) amounted to $685.
043,236, having risen to this sum from
S63,396,6 66 in 1870. In 1870 the expendi-
ture for schools per capita of the popu-
iation was si.64; the past year it was
1898 per capita of the population, the
highest that it has ever been. 1t was
an increase of 10 cents to each man,
woman, and child over the year pre-
vious. The average attendance of
each pupil for the entire number en-
rolled was ninety-nine days for the
year, an increase of twenty-four days
over the DreVious wear