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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-01

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James EGprc,otsnt.-Ad
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

old Harry but just the same she was
Awful Nice.
She had a changeable Figure and a
Complexion that showed up best at a
Dance.
Although somewhat shy on Happy
Clothes she managed to leave a small
Ripple behind her whenever she plow-
ed along Main Street, showing her
Buckles. Usually she wore her Sailor
pulled down to her Eye Brows and
cast frightened Chances to right and
left, as if to say, Gee! I wonder if
some Fresh Guy is going to speak to
me?"
But some of them didn't.
Therese was her Official Name and
she used it on her Cards, each of
which had a Colored Picture of Flow
ers in the Corner. Mother got the
name in a Story-Paper.
The Bertha Clay Habit seemed to
run in the family. Tessie loved to work
her way into a Tea-Gown and then get
a couple of Pillows under her and eat
Fudges and read how Basil Armytage
rode up to the Manor House and found
Lorraine waiting for him beside the old
Yew Tree.
Tessie didn't know the diff between
a Manor House and a Chop House
but it sounded swell and she had a
secret longing to meet a sure-enough
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
I'm FORTY-FOUR HOURS.

Sir Robert Bond, Premier of New
folndland, predicts that the Atlantic
will soon be crossed in forty-four
hours, and that the trip from New
York to London can be made in one
hundred hours.
Speaking of the Atlantic service to a
writer for the London Daily Telegraph
recently, Sir Robert said:
among the questions affecting
Great Britain and her colonies in
North America. none is more impor-
tant than that of a fast steamship line
across the Atlantic.
"In discussing this question certain
automatic proposition may be laid
down.
"Flrst--That the line should follow
the shortest route between the two
hemlspheres consistent with a due re-
gard for safety.
"Second-That 1t should avail itself
of every portion of land which can be
utilized, because the speed of train
greatly SURPRISES that of the swiftest
steamer.
'"rhird-It should be designed for
passengers, mails and express goods
only, because rapid transfers of freight
are scarcely practicable.
"If these considerations are accepted,
Il follows almost inevitably that the
natural short line between Great Brit
ain and Canada is via Newfoundland.
Thirty years ago Sir Sanford
Fleming, with prophetic vision, fore
told the day when the island of New
foundland would be made the stepping
stone between the old world and the
new.
III the Irish Channel Tunnel was an
accomplished fact, the Canso Strait
bridged, and the inter-Colonial Rail-
way extended to Aspey Bay, near Cape
North, then a traveller leaving the city
of London would reach New York in
124 hours. and only have seventy hours
of sea journey. For instance:
London to Galway by rail. .12 hours.
Galway tc Halls Bay or Elk
ploits Bay, Newfoundland. 671s hrs.
Halls Bay to Port aux Basques
by rail ....... minimum. hrs.
Port aux Basques to Aspey
Bay ........ .-............... Z1s hrs.
Aspey Bay to New York by
railway ........ ............. 90 hrs.
Total ........ ...............lZ4 mrs.
1.-THE time occupied in crossing from
Galway to Halls Bay have calculated
upon the Oceanlc's and Teutonic's re-
cords of about Is miles an hour. If tur-
bine ships could be put into service
with a mean speed of So miles an hour,
the time in crossing the Atlantic would
be reduced TO about forty-four hours.
II the tunnel under the Irish Channel
Is not regarded az feasible at present
there Is an effective substitute for II
in the existing line Of fast steamers
crossing between Holyhead and Kings
town.
In mentioning this proposal, ! have
had the query put 10 me. How long
would this route be available, and
would T. imply risks OF fog and ice2
10 this / have unhesitatDgly replied
that IL would be available from May
- January longer period than taat
~ the 81. Lawrence route.
This lire would be an important
Ink IN the chain 81 communication
between not only Europe and Amefi-
"a, but ais0 between this country ami
the outlying portions u the EInpifc,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

the Weather and began to burn low
and threaten to go out.
Just when Tess figured herself sure
Loser, some one hit her in the Back
and called her Sis. 1t vas Il loud l5iGA
who mad been watching her on the
Dock
81 like your Nerve!" exclaimed Tes-
sic, giving him the Eye.
Now you behave or I'll give you a
mean old Slap right on the Elbow"
said the Hick. saying which he seated
himself between Chauncey and Therese.
Gladys, dost think you could learn
to love me?" he asked, taking her by
the Lace Mitt.
1t is needless to say that Chauncey
was very Indignant. He felt it his
Duty to protect the poor Girl but
somehow he found himself blocked off
and there was no chance to get in a
Word.
The Hick was telling Therese that
her Eyes were not Mates and that he
| didn't care so much for the way her
i Hair was put up and she was toasting
| him for Keeps and threatening tc
| hand him If he didn't let go of her
Finally she got so mad that she ask
ed him to come to the back part OF
the Boat so that she could tell him just
/ what she thought of him..
That was where Chauncey found
himself alone with the Waterscape.
Tessie never came back for she had
found her Meal-Ticket.
MORAL: The League Rules do not
go at a Picnic.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
Chinese Names.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
THE Street of the Roasted Corn" is
one of the curious names of streets in
Pekin. and suggests the singular and
often confusing names given to Chi
nese villages. Here are a few village
names taken from an area OF a few
miles square, Horse Words Village"
from a tradition Of a speaking animal:
sun Family Bull Village" wang
Family Great Melon Village" "Tiger
Catching Village" Horse Without a
Hoof Village" Village of the Loving
and Benevolent Magistrate" and the
Village Of the Makers Of Fine Tooth
ed Combs" Arthur -. Smith. in his
bright and accurate book on "Village
Lie ln China" says that a market
town on the highway. the well Of which
afforded only brackish water, was
called Bitter Water Shop" but as
this name was not pleasing 10 the ear
Fl was changed on the tax lists 10
Sweet Water shop" II any one ask
ed how II was that the same fountain
could thus send forth at the same time
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

by way Of the Canadian Pacific ItaiI-
way, across the Dominion, and it's fine
steamers from Vancouver to the Ia st.
GAS. an alternative to the Suez Canal
route for the transport of military
forces to the East, it would be of great
benefit, and for serving Canada in
these respects 1t would be uuequnled.
It's chief Importance, how
ever. would be as a fast
mail and passenger route, represent
ing a saving of at least thirty-two
hours over the present actual running
time between London and Jew YORK.
"Under the most favorable circum-
stances 1t takes 156 hours, or six days
twelve hours, to make the journey
from London to New York. By way
of Newfoundland 1t could be made in
five days four hours, or, as / have
said, a saving Of thirty-two hours in
all.
with regard to the protection OF
the ocean grain routes" continued Sir
Robert Bond, that is a matter that
the military authorities were discuss
ing when 1 was in England some
eighteen months ago. and there. was
some talk of establishing large gran
aries or grain depots so as to obviate
the risk. l trust that there may be
some merits in the proposition which
/ have made in this country on the
SUBJECT. Inc pfODdDlllly Oh the DO
minion Of Canada becoming the main
source of supply for Great Britain
would seem to me to point to the ne
cessity for protecting as far as posi-
BILE the line of route.
Theater of Naval Conflict.
''If wa were to break out between
England and any European power, no
doubt the North Atlantic would be the
theater of naval conflict, and British
grain carriers would have to run the
gauntlet of that area. If they were
chased, it would be useless for them
to run to Newfoundland unless it was
fortified. Under existing conditions,
q British convoy east of Cape Race
would have no chance of escape from
more powerful enemy, whereas with
st. Johns fortified the ships could be
securely harbored to await the arrival
OF a British fleet strong enough to es-
cort them across the ocean"
Dealing with the question of the COM
mand of the cables, the Newfoundland
premier remarked:
1T has been said that from the
war point of view all British cables
may be regarded as fleet auxiliaries.
But vast commercial as well as naval
interests are involved in the preserva-
ton of them. England maintains, gar
risons and fleets at Bermuda, Halifax
and Esquimalt, the movements of all
of which would depend upon the work.
ing of the Atlantic cables. The mill
tary, naval and commercial conse-
quences which would follow upon the
destruction Of the cables cannot be es-
timated. In conclusion, / would say
that every consideration would appear
to point to the desirablity of St.
Johns being made naval station from
which a warship might issue at a mo-
ment's notice"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

Basil who wore what is sometimes
known as a Dress Suit and had Bril-
liantine on his Moustaches.
While waiting for Basil to pop out
at some Corner and catch step with
her, Tess was doing the best she could.
And that was why she used up lot
of Starch getting ready for the Pic
mic given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Horse hoers' Union.
When she walked up the Gang-Plank
her Shoes We're hurting her a little
but she had on all of her Rings and
thought fairly well of herself.
Tessie did not fetch any Lunch-Bas-
ket with her because she had a hor-
rible Suspicion that some Gentleman
would get to talking to her and then
make her go and eat a few Lines.
She had been out a couple of times
before and it had been Der Luck not
to come back Hungry Tessie had a
sort of a Hunch that History would
repeat itself.
So Tessie planted a Camp Stool right
in the Main Promenade where those
who wished to go Forward or Aft
would be compelled to walk over her.
After which she gazed pensively at the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

per to brace a Young Lady without
the Formally of an Introduction but
he hoped she would overlook his Bold
ness. He made it so Strong that Tes-
sic played the Bankers Daughter in
order to hold up her End. She said it
did seem very strange to be sitting
right there talking to Party she HAD
never Met and if her People ever sus-
pected that she done anything of that
Kind, they would be Awful Sore.
Chauncey pulled out his Cuffs and
began to deal Polite Conversation of
the kind that is supposed to calm the
Fears of a Trembling Young Thing.
He told her his Real Name and showed
his Link Buttons and begged her not to
regard him as a Mere Flirt.
At the end of a half hour she was
chewing the End of her Fan and an
swering Eyes" and No" 1t looked TO
Tessie as if she would have to put up
with him all Day so she began to work
the Flag.
AS for Chaunce, he perceived That he
had been too Fresh. so he switched to
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

broad expanse of Drink and waited for
something to happen.
Now among those on Board was a
Pale-Face with more or less Neck who
was prominently connected with the
Bundle Department of a first-class
Clothing Store. His name was Chaun-
cey and he loved the Society of Ladies.
At the same time he knew his Place.
Chauncey spotted Therese and saw
that she was alone and signing for
Company but he did not care to be too
Brash at the first Crack for fear that
she would give a Scream and jump
Overheard.
Accordingly he nerved himsef and
approached her, Hat in Hand, and be-
gan to beg her Pardon.
He said he knew it was hardly Pro-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF THE BOOK WORLD
Fall Than Observation-Disclosures in Autobi
ography--Novels Coming and tie Be PostpoHed--Light
of Christopher Observation-Disclosures Books.
By HERBERT BREWSTER,

have been secured by Mr.. Waterloo
in manuscript of the convict, but it
is quite possible that the author has
taken this method of putting forth an
original work, by which we do not
mean that Mr.. Waterloo is writing his
own experience. The many literary
piracies and supposed confessions
make one suspicious. In the case of
Mr.. Hutchens Hapgoods book, the
explanation of it's existence is very
credible. Mr.. Hapgood has been, for
some years, a New York reporter. He
spent great deal of time in the East
side districts, studying life in the
Ghetto. He wrote a number of papers
on the Hebrew theatres as well as
sketches of life in the portion of New
York which James L. Ford once said
was beyond the dead line. No au-
thor, according to Mr.. Ford, could go
below Fourteenth street. Mr.. Hapgood,
however, did not fall under the intiu-
ence of the higher literary training.
His experiences on the East side gave
him material for a volume which Is
to be issued this fall in addition to
the autobiography of a Thief" The
latter book came about by accident.
Mr. Hapgood happened to get acquaint-
ed with an ex-thief who had just been
released from prison and who was
quite willing to tell what he knew
about his picturesque life. Mr.. Hap
good cultivated his convict friend and
during afternoons and evenings in an
East side cafe, the reporter secured
the story. 1t is said to be a straight
forward account of a most devious
career in crime, a genuine contribu-
ton to practical criminology.
/ Augusta Evans Wilson has waited
sixteen years. since the novels which
made her popular, before bringing out
"A Speckled Bird" a strangely titled
novel Just issued. Almost a new gen
Grafton has come since this author, as
Augusta Evans, held a leading place
in our list of authors. In the days of
her literary activity, she wrote sever
ai novels of Southern life, which. II
they were melodramatic, were at least
good reading of the kind. Her new
hook is also a Southern story and
melodramatic, with the same flowing
narrative as Is characteristic Of the
earlier works Her admirers VIII prob
ably remember her however, as the
author Of st Elmo" than as the au-
thor Of "A Speckled Bird.
Frank Norris has arranged 10 post
none his second novel I'm the Wheat
frllogy. rIhe Pit" in order that IL may
appear serially before its issue IN book
form The story was announced Tor
THIS fan. but has no' been put over
until next spring. Another book which
was 10 have appeared this fall, 'Ihs
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

Most of the publishers have returned
from their summer vacations, put on
the garb of their offices and made
their annual fall bows to the public.
From now on until the end of Decem-
Der, their advertising representatives.
will sound the cymbals and pound the
drums in the hope of attracting pub
lie attention. At any rate some OF
the stories told by these makers of
fame for authors will be equal to
those contained in the books. When
someone remarked that the best fic-
ton writer any publisher had was his
advertising man, he came very near
the truth
The new volume of the Trade List
Annual, which is supposed to contain
the book lists of all of the publishers
is about two inches thicker than was
the same work last year, fact which
indicates that the publishers are IN
creasing their output or are devot1ng
more advertising 10 the books to be
issued this year. 1t is probable that
the increased thickness of the Trade
List indicates more books for TINS
year. ana the nope OIL lIi6 CilbANS anu
the reading public that fewer books
might be issued will have to be given
up.
There is always safety in the tried
authors, however, and an examination
OF the fall announcements reveals
many fayorites. James NJ. Barrie,
Henry James, Frank I. Bullen, H. G..
w els l. ". Hornung, Booth Tarking-
ton, Gilbert Parker. Frankfort More,
Soha Oliver Eobbes. Ralph Conner.
and many other well-known writer's
are down for novels, and the labor OF
supplying these volumes to the deal
ers is already we'll under way.
Oac Of the noteworthy fall books
VIII be Citizen Trains autobiography,
entitled. My Life in Many States and
IN Foreign Countries" His entire ca
reer is covered from his earliest recoi-
lections. when he went to New Or
leans with his father and was the only
one II his family TO escape death from
yellow feverF up TO the present time.
Inc book was written at Mills Hotel,
No. /, In the seventy fourth year Of
my life," says the author in the pref
ace.
The Story Of a Strange Career: Be-
As the Autobiography Of Convict"
rdltod bN Stanley Waterloo, and THE
autobiography of a Thief" recorded
ny Hutchens Hapgo0d. are two books
q, similar character 10 be issued soon.
me story of the convict Is said 20
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
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Marvellous Pennsylvania Hen.
From the North American.

From the North American.
Mt Joy, Pa, Aug. 25.-Bcn Hiestand
mourns the death OF bantam chick
en-. True, there are other chickens,
many of them, but none in this broad
country has been educated up to the
standard Of the Hiestand chicken. Its
death will leave a void in the family
circle. The reason Of IT.:
The winter mornings are very cold
about Mount JOY, and a majority Of
the citizens like coffee. Good coffee.
properly made, means the use Of an
egg. Inasmuch as eggs do not grow on
egg plants and cannot always be kept
at hand, Il is "A nice thing 10 have a
hen 10 call from the yard and allow II
10 lay an egg in your lap. The HES
tand egg did this for months.
Every morning the hen has made IT'S
way into the house when called. Mrs.
Hlestand would take . seat near the
fireplace. The hen would hop into her
lap and after smuggling down would
carefully deposit therein an egg. After
this feat coffee was made, IL N not -
laugh that Hiestand mOyrns his hen.
i Is small wonder
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

once there was a Gum Chewer named
and bought seven yards of Ribbon and
went on Picnic given by the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Horse-Shoers' Union.
Tess was more than nine and could
take care of herself at any point along
the Line. The Girls who worked at
the same Plant often said that Tessie
was a regular Case and full of the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

Carrie Nation was delivering y
lecture" in Lima. o.. a few nights ago
and In the course OF her remarks In
duiged In abuee Of the late President
Mckinley. This made her hearers
somewhat FESTIVE and one OF them,
reused by q particularly brutal re-
mark. arose and called her a liaS Inc
ftautiy the audience WAS Ia an uproar.
which continued FOR some minutes.
when quiet was restored nearly al
the seats were empty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

Much of the rest of the story may be
imagined. 1t is not a pleasant novel,
and it will certainly not receive
warm welcome among the reading peo-
pie of the South
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

Transgressor, by Theodore DRESSER,
has also been postponed until spring.
Mr.. DRESSER has not been able to
complete the story to his satisfaction
III time for the fall trade, and his pub
fishers have been forced to wait until
the author is ready to turn over the
complete manuscript.
According to Mr.. Henry vignaud,
first secretary of the United States en-
bassy at Paris, it is about time for
us to revise our histories of the dis
covery of America and apply the blue
pencil to certain laudatory phrases
concerning Christopher Columbus and
his ideas as to the probability of land
lying to the west of Spain. Mr.. Wig
maud will shortly publish his work
on "Toscanelli and Columbus; the Let
ter and Chart of Toscanelli on the
Route to the Indies by Way of the
West. Sent in 1874 to the Portuguese
Furnham Martins, and Later on to
Christopher Columbus Toscanelli
was a learned Florentine, and Co.
lumbus, so far as can be learned at
this late day, was a man of little sci
entific learning and scarcely likely to
have conceived of the ideas which led
to the discovery of America.
belOIG BOlIlS 10 dII6T the
great eruption, George KEENAN, COM
pleted the final revision of his trans
lation of the Folk Tales of Napoleon
which have just been published. The
"Napoleonder" is Russian peasant folk
lore, and, as such, Mr. KEENAN, regards
it of much value. AS history or BIZ
ography of the great Napoleon, the
matter is grotesque and untrue, but
Mr.. KEENAN, regards these folk tales
i.o,D Y,t Of
character. "They have some interest,""
he writes, "as evidence of the pro-
foundly deep impression made by Ma
poleon's personality upon two great
peoples"
Wanted, a Chaperon," the last piece
of fiction written by Paul Leicester
Ford, will be brought out shortly, and
during the present season a volume of
condensed novels by Bret Harte will
be issued. In the latter David Har-
UNI appears as "Dan1 Borem." Other
sub-titles, "Ripert the Remsenbler,
THE Adventures of John Longbow,"
and 1.-The Golly and the Christian, or
the Mink and the Manxman," win re-
call other popular works which have
been attracting attention recently.
Another dead author is represented
in posthumous volume. Sir Walter
page of a collection of short stories
brought out not long ago. One of the
stories in this book, entitled The
Skyrocket," is a tale of the kind of
a novel which makes an enormous pop
ular success without possessing any
particular merit, and indicated that
the author was attempting TO make
some solution of the mystery. 1t is
a puzzle however, which is yet to
be explained satisfactorily. Not every
literary sky rocket Is a light weight,
and perhaps every sky rocket has some
merit. In no other way can one ar
rive at anything like reason for re-
cent popular successes.
Sir Walter Besant's last novel, NO
Other Way" will be published this
fall. 1t is "A story Of the Debtors prls-
on in England I'm the days when that
institution hourished The heroine Of
the tale has only one way 10 avoid
imprisonment her way Of escape is 10
marry a criminal condemned 70 death
This she does. The criminal In the
case happens 70 be a negro. and he
succeeds IN avoiding the death penalty
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

waters both bitter and sweet. he was
answered. Sweet Water Shop is the
same as Bitter Water Shop"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
MODERN FABLES.
The Modern Fable of What Beel the Designing Chauncey
Who Walked Right Up and Spoke to Her.
BY GEORGE AIDE.

Copyright, 1902, by Robert Howard Russell.
Graham guardian., 1902-05-23

Don't forget hvean elegant of Mems Furnish
ngs Of all kinds Shifts Suspeners Nekies HandkerchiefS
ETC.. every piece of which Will b. sold at cost.
Graham guardian., 1902-05-23
tleW Lelcl,,ng GlnD1.,V

The capital stock of the vii,
liams Ore Leaching Company has
been increased from $3.50 0 to
S250,0'0 and new company
formed. The new corporation is
called The Stafford Copper Leach
ing company, with headquarters
al this place.
This company simply takes the
place Of the old one and will oper,
ate the teacher and mine, on y on
IL much larger scale than was POS.
sible under the old company
The teacher is to be enlarged as
rapidly as p"Ssib and the com
!'any expect to be turning out pure
copper within short time. e
Graham guardian., 1902-05-23
Ass.s.2a a.ee.se.e
Another Lottery,

There will soon be another
wholesale lottery, conducted under
the management of the Federal
Gov, rhment, W tn valuable .home
steads as prizes. There will be.no
blanks in the approachin. draw
lngs, although some of the prizes
will he more valuable than others
About g. 0.000 acres of land of
the Rosebud Indians, in South
Dakota, were recently purchased
by act of ongrcss, thelaw provid-
ing that the territory should I've
prepared for settlement by the
,partment of the Interior.
Graham guardian., 1902-05-23

WE believe, in view Of the fact
that there are people in this and
every other town who will, through
pure cussedness, expose Others to
the small pox, that it would be well
to appoint health officers, with
power to inforcc the law Through
pure carelessness small pox either
exists now or has rec ntly in every
town in the county. AL while it
is in very mild form no one cares
to have it. The business interests,
if nothing else, demands that those
with the disease, shall be closely
qulrantined.