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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06

lucky, which slipped quietly into print
as an incidental to some other matters
few days ago, aroused in the minds
of many persons in this city recollec-
tons of the pital as it appeared in
the early eighties, when the good story
teller. with a taste for the dainties of
the table and more or less cleverness at
lobbying ION the side" was a familiar
type. The Colonel was a fine look
ing man, with a large frame a rudy
face, and iron-gray hair and whiskcrs.
lie was one of the group of genial gen.
try who were brought to the surface
by the drag-net of the Pan Electric
Telephone investigation. One of the
notable exhibits in that case was a let
ter from him acknowledging receipt of
a block of stock from the head of the
company, in which the verbal eXuber-
ance of his section came out as fol-
lows:
l recognize the poverty of the Eng
lish language to in any way adequate
ly express the unfathomable depths of
gratitude 1 feel and the genuine and
sincere thanks that swell up in my
bosom and overflow the surroundings
like a deluge. This may sound like
hyperbolcal language and gushing
homonymy yet every word of it is true,
for in the very innermost recesses of
my heart your kindness in incysted.
and will nestle there as its chiefest
gem until its latest pulsation will
sound the knell of time. Gould 1
wreak my thoughts upon expression"
the burning language necessary to be
employed would light the vestal fires
anew and glow forever there as the
fixed stars in heaven shine, bright and
beautiful and glowing as a golden bur
niShed sheen.
Your letter struck me at a time when
sorrow brooded over my like a funeral
pail, when hope whitening fed and
mercy sighed farewell" 1 felt truly
sad and isolated. and my thoughts
were gloomy and saturnne. Need
tell you, therefore, how timely and
welcome your letter was to me, and
how fruity and rich were its effects
upon my soul, redolent of perfumed
souvenirs and dear memories, awaking
bright hopes and vaulting aspirations
as fresh as the aurora of morn be-
spangled with its dewy diamonds?
That he could in spite of this, be
brief and pithy if he chose, was shown
by his comment when, instead of a
treasury agency IN Alaska which he
had coveted, the Cleveland administra-
ton gave him consulship on the 18TH
mus of Panama:
80 you thought I would make a bet
ter roast than frappe?"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
MIR. BIsBEE SEEKS INJUNCTION.

Mr.. w. A. Bisbee of Savannah and
Jacksonville has filed a bill in chan
Gerry in the Circuit Court at Jackson
vile to prevent the bond trustees from
using funds in their hands to enlarge
the city electric light plant. Mr.. Bisbee
alleges in his application that he is
owner of valuable property in the city
and taxpayer that the city owns
and operates a valuable electric light
plant. and that according to the acts
of 1899, the charge and control of this
plant is given to the Board of Bond
Trustees, section of chapter 1872 of
the acts of 1899 requiring that all sur
plus revenues iaccruing after the most
shall be applied semi-annually toward
the payment of interest and sinking
fund on account of the bonds of the
city The bill also alleges that the
passage of Bill No G Sc by the City
Council is in violation of the charter
of the city of Jacksonville, as by the
passage of this bill it has been at
tempted to authorize the Bond Trus-
tees to enlarge and extend the electric
light plant, and to use for that pur-
pose the surplus revenues accruing
from the plant, and further, that the
said trustees are about to purchase
material and machinery to the
amount of $4,000 or $40, 900 for enlarg-
ing and extending the plant, as the
trustees decided at a recent meeting
to accept the bids, amounting to about
$40 900, of the De Laval Company of
New York for machinery.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
A SWELL REPORTER.
Went After News with Swell Tran
and FoOtman.
From the New York Post

From the New York Post.
Baltimore newspaper men are still
smiling over the two weeks expert
ence of one of Maryland's gilded
youths who took it into his precious
head to be a reporter. The youth is a
son of an Ex-Governor of the state
and succeeded without much difficulty
in getting a position on a morning
paper. His career, though brief, was
by no means colorless. The first day
or two he sat around the police sta
tons, in the districts where he was
assigned, and found it rather dull.
though he noticed that some of the
other morning papers printed items
which really didn't amount to any,
thing concerning events which took
place in these same districts. The
third day he remembered that his
horses were eating their heads off in
his stables, and that they needed ex-
ercise, so he asked the city editor to
assign him to something in the sub
urbs. This was done and, with a
footman in livery, he drove around on
probably one of the queerest news
gathering tours ever recorded. He
to it for three days. The only draw
back was the necessity of returning
to the office and trying, amid noise
and confusion, to recollect what he
was set out for and what he ought to
write about it, Usually there real
" wasn't anything to write. On the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
Shipping Memoranda.

Fernandina, Fla. July 5.-Sailed.
steamer James Turpie (BD. Herald
Eoness, Scotland, via Norfolk
Brunswick Ga. July 5.--Arrived,
schooners Hitchcock, Wyman, Darien:
e. B. Douglas, Bennett. Viking.
Sprague; Charles H. Hirsch, Brown,
ell from New York.
Jacksonville, Fla, July 5.-Cleared.
steamer Algonquin, Pennington, New
York; S. o. Company barge No. rs,
Clney, New York; schooner City of
Augusta, Adams, Bath, Me
Pensacola, Fla, July 5.-Arrived.
steamer Langham (Br). Featherstone,
Sunderland; steamer T. Wickenham
(Br). Davis, Santos; steamer Lust
Tough (Br), Baker, Baltimore; barken-
tine Herbert A. Fuller, Nashport: Ehz-
abeth Chooner, Mary Sanford, McDon-
cid.
Cleared. steamer Middlesham Castle
(Br), Lloyd.
Sailed, steamer Samera (Br), Vass,
which put in for coal
Philadelphia, July 5.-Arrived, Allie
ghany Savannah
Baltimore, July 5.-Sailed, New Or
leans, Savannah.
Gothenburg, June 30.-Arrived, Lord
Antrim, Fernandina for Stockholm
Grangermouth July ARRIVED
Glencoe Pensacola.
Charleston, July 5.-Arrived, steam
ers Garth, Ingram, Boston, and sailed
for Brunswick; Iroquois Chichester
New York. and sailed for Jacksonville;
schooner Percy and Lille, Anderson,
New York.
Sailed, schooner Georgetta Lawrence.
Rollent, New York.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
LAWS OF HEREDITY.
"Three Generations to Make a Gem
tleman" Is Fact, Not Theory.

tleman" Is Fact, Not Theory.
From the London Telegraph.
Prof. Karl Pearson, F. r. S., who
has taken leading part in founding
the doctrine of evolution on a Stats
teal basis, explained to a deeply in
terested audience at the Royal Insti-
tuition some of the results which have
been arrived at. Two of these are Of
special Importance. 1t is show by ex-
animation of large numbers of persons
that mental and moral as we'll as
physical qualities are inherited, and to
the same extent. Taking school chill
dren and examining them infinitely
with respect to curliness and color Of
the hair, length, breadth, and hight of
the head, color of the eyes, the ceph-
ais index, and health on the one
hand; and on the other testing them
for intelligence, vivacity, conscientious
ness, shyness, and handwriting the de-
gree of inheritance in the two catego-
ries came numerically as close as 81
to 522. Secondly 1t is proved that two
or three generations will suffice to Gre
ate new stock. Statistics of large
numbers show that there is more than
is often supposed in the saying, 1T
takes three generations to make
gentleman and in the expression,
Visiting the sins of the fathers upon
the children to the third and fourth
generation Pedigree in humanity, as
in the lower animals, is a vital factor.
Thus family or a nation will certain
ly progress or degenerate as the issue
of neredity. 1t needs but to repress
the numbers of the better and higher
and to multiply the numbers of the
lower and less fit for two or three gen.
erations to make national degeneration
terribly real. Prof. Pearsons tabular
results showed the universally of the
laws of inheritance, not only in ami
mails like horses and dogs, but in low
ly insects and even in plants.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06

sixth day he met a friend who invited
him to go to Atlantic City for over
Sunday. There was barely time to
catch the train, but the gilded report
er kept his duty firmly in mind. He
refused to go without notifying the
city editor. This he did by telephone
and instead of being grateful for this
thoughtfulness, the city editor ap-
peared to be angry. The gilded re-
porter could not understand why
He came back early the next week
and reported for assignments, which,
singularly enough, he received. The
second week was a repetition of the
first, with more team and footman.
Then he decided that he had had
enough. He retired from the newspa-
per business, but he had acquired 4
useful fund of knowledge. He goes
about now telling about it to all COM
ers. He recalls that he found the work
both agreeable, and disagreeable. He
liked attending banquets, but writing
about them was stupid. Driving around
in the suburbs was all right in its
way but there was nothing exciting
about it. The incidents which the other
papers recited always happened when
he was somewhere else The worst
thing about the work was the hours
The hours were bad; they interfered
with social engagements. OF course, it
is quite easy to poke fun at this
youth. He put himself into an absurd
position, and the result naturally was
more absurdity. But his notion OF
newspaper work was probably not far
different from the popular notion
which leads many young man to APP
ply at newspaper offices. Spice, and ad-
venture, and free tickets to theaters
and "banquets" are supposed to be the
substance as well as the rewards Of
newspaper work The yellow foster the
notion, and reputable newspaper men
are usually too tired to bother to re-
flute it.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
THE GARTER SNAKE.
A Well known Harmless and Use
full Reptile.
From Shooting and Fishing.

From Shooting and Fishing.
Many species of garter snakes are
found distributed over nearly all parts
of the United States, and some of them
very closely resemble each other.
Whenever found. however, they are
thoroughly harmless and generally very
gentle, though occasionally combative,
alternate dark and light stripes run
ming the entire length of the animal
and sometimes spotted. AS in the case
of other snakes, they lay eggs, from
which the young are produced, or the
young may be produced alive, and
these latter are the prettiest little crea-
lures imaginable.
Our great authority on reptiles, the
late and much lamented Prof. E. D.
Cope. just before his death completed
a splendid volume on the reptilia, en-
titled THE Crocodilians, Lizards and
Snakes of North America" which has
only recently been published by the
Smithsonian Institution. In it he rec
ogniZes in his list twenty-five species
of garter snakes, all of which are
placed in one genus (Eutaenia); in the
text, however, he states that there are
but twenty-four. There are also a
large NUMBER OF Sub-SpecleS, the whole
forming very interesting group in
deed.
The common garter snake (E sir
talis) ranges over all North America
and is the form we so frequently meet
with in the Eastern states. In his in
PRODUCTION to the genus Prof. Cope
states it as his belief that this is the
ancestral form, and gives his reasons
therefor. He further remarks that the
"Eutaeniae are the most abundant
snakes in North America and Mexico
Where all other species are absent
either through hostility of the climate
or of enemies, individuals of this genus
remain. This persistence may be as
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
THE ROMANCE OF MEDICINE.
Explorations In Unknown Lands
No More Thrilling Than The Con-
quest of Disease.
From the London Times.

quest OL DbSGaSes
From the London Times.
Sir Frederick Treves, F. R. c. S.,
distributed the prizes to the students
of Charing Cross Hospital Medical
School. He said that there had been
no time in the history of medicine when
the art of healing had reached the
stage which it had reached at the pres
ent time Almost, perhaps, for the
first time in the history of this country
the medical man had become an actual
factor in the state. But there was one
point about the profession of medicine
TO which he wished particularly to re-
fer that afternoon. 1t was commonly
said that the calling of medical man
was exceedingly dull. He thought, per-
haps, he would be able to show them
that the profession of medicine was,
from any standpoint they liked to view
it from, profession of romance. He
supposed the exploits of a discoverer
belonged certainly to the province of
romance. a man who sailed into un-
known seas, who weathered mysterious
capes, and crept into silent bays-such
a man bad always been surrounded
with a bright halo of romance, but the
discoveries in medicine had been not
in a single degree less romantic. If
they thought of the curious worlds that
had been discovered by men like Pas
teur, Lister, Koch, and many others.
they would imagine that no sort of fan
tastic story that had been pinned on
to the travels of the past could exceed
such discoveries in the quality of ro-
nance.
OF all sorry figures surgeon in an
apron that did not fit him. and did
not seem to be a suitable garment,
standing alone in a silent operating
theater was, he supposed, as little ro-
mantle as a girder in a modern rail-
way station; but there might be times
when that man was as much a mat
ter of interest as the old hero of ro-
nance who stood with his back to a
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06

Pilot Charts and ali photographic in
formation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States hydrograp hic office, in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
a the office. Reports OF wrecks and
derelicts received.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06

What is described as an ancient
draught board" has been discovered in
Crete. 1t must by all accounts be a
fine piece of work, since it is composed
of natural crystal, ivory. gold and sill
yer. but it is by no means unique.
Chess, draughts, or. the game from
which both are derived. was known to
nearly all the ancient civilizations. and
Greek and Egyptian boards are by no
means uncommon.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
LIFE INSURANCE FIGURES.

The tax returns filed with State In
surance Commissioner w. A Wright
show that during the year ending
April 30. 1902, the companies named
below. wrote $40, 427, 352.47 in life in
surance in the state of Georgia For
this insurance, premiums to the
amount of s1,O64, 1926 were paid to
the companies. These figures were
compiled from the sworn reports filed
with the commissioner
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
Gives Away NickeIs.
From the New York Sun.

A shopkeeper is this year calling the
attention of customers and those he
desires as such TO his wares by a novel
method. The person to whom it is ad-
dressed receives by mail we'll filed
envelope, with no external markings to
indicate it's contents, but up in the left
hand corner of the envelope the words;
THE five cents is inside
The appearance of the envelopes, to-
gether with the notice, is calculated
to induce curiosity at once. The
statement that the FIVE cents is inside
is true, for on opening the letter
bright new nickel of 1902 date is found
tucked away between the middle pages
of a pamphlet.
The explanation given in the PAM
plet is that the sender is not stealer
of other peoples time, and that, as II
was calculated that the recipient would
use up five certs' worth of his own
time in reading the shopkeeper's story
the latter had decided to be honest and
pay for the time used, or purchased
as he puts it, and he therefore inclosed
a nickel in payment.
Whether the method pays the shop
keeper is not yet a settled question.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
A PoPULIsT BARBECUE.

Douglas, Ga. July 5.-Douglas cele-
brated the fourth with patriotic SER
mon by Past Master Rev. A. B. Fin
ley. Some thirty citizens went to Cor
dele, Fitzgerald and Nichols to enjoy
festivities at those points. To-day
Douglas had the biggest barbecue of
the season. gotten up by the Populists
of Coffee county. There were five
beeves and % sheep cooked by one of
the best barbecue cooks in the state,
John Manly, colored of Fitzgerald. In
the afternoon the Populists had a mass
meeting and nominated their county
ticket. Until October. there will be a
red hot time in Coffee county.
The heat for several days has been
very oppressive. the thermometer
showing as high as 106 in the shade
Two slight showers have failed to give
relief. Rain is badly needed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
$40, APT 1852 Al 81, O64, 725 rs
*Includes industrial insurance.
FLORIDA.

An important meeting of Florida
lumbermen viii be held in Jacksonville
at the Windsor Hotel on Tuesday, July
8. The meeting is called for the pur-
pose of considering the rues of inspec-
ton of yellow pine with a view to
making desirable changes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA

The Convention of Sheriffs, Mar
shals, Chiefs of Police, Clerks and
Solicitors and the Association of Ordi-
naries will meet in Atlanta next
Wednesday, The idea is to CONSOLE
date the two bodies and to invite the
tax receivers and tax collectors who
are now unorganized, to become mem
bers of the organization. The new
organizat ton will probably be known
as the County Officers Association of
Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
MEN MADE STRONG.

Few men are absolutely free from
some organic weakness. / want to
talk to every man who feels any in
dlcation of loss of manly vigor, no
matter how slight You cannot afford
to ignore even the first symptoms, for
unless properly treated premature de-
cline and complete loss of manhood will
surely follow. Spots before the eyes,
dizziness, bashfulness, weak back, loss
of memory, aversion to society, "etc.,
are symptoms which yau cannot over
look. These conditions can be prompt
ly overcome if the right treatment is
given, but experiments with free sam
pies, readymade medicines, etc, will
only aggravate your trouble and make
a cure more difficult
Before jeopardizing your future hap
piness by experimenting with cheap
remedies and unscientific treatment, 1
want you to investigate fully my SUI
perior equipment for curing you.
can show you to your entire satisfac-
ton why 1 can cure you, and explain
why no good results can be expected
from the various nostrums so widely
advertised. 1 have cured completely
some of the worst cases on record. No
matter of how long standing your case
is, you can obtain from me the best
and most reliable treatment to be had.
My speciality includes all other chron-
&c diseases, such as STRUCTURE,
VARICOCELE, BLOOD POISON.
BLADDER and URINARY DISEASES,
ETC. which I treat in the latest scien-
tif1c manner. Each case receives per
sonal attention.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
Vessels sailed YESTERDAY

Steamship Itasca, Hudgings, Balti-
more.
Steamship Berkshire. Ryan, Phila-
deiphia.
Schooner John G. Schmidt, Norbury,
PhiladelDhia
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Schooner j. w. Balano, Wilson, Fall
River, light.-Cooney, Eckstein & Co.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06

The man entering the store-"Have
you typewriter-ribbons? The fresh girl
behind the counter, rs she blonde or
brunette ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
Passengers by Steamship.

Passengers per steamship Nacooehee,
New York for Savannah. July S.-R.
L. McGoldrick, w. H. Reed, r. H.
Powell, E. G. Branch, Miss Smith, ].
Waldron, Max Waldron. Mr. Mooney
and wife, Mr.. Mansfield and wife, c.
Schuster, ]. E. Wadley and wife, Miss
Z. B. Hardee, NJ. Dabney, c. Webb.
l.. E. O'Keefe, Master G. Loehr, Mas
ter E. Loehr, H. Katz and wife. A.
Katz and wife. Mrs. Charles Augustus,
Master c. Augustus, Mrs G. R.
Loehr, the Misses Loehr. F. H. Bur
ger, a. w. Klein. R. C. Medley, F.
w. Hicks end wife, j. T. Clarke, e. D.
flanagan, Jas. Francis, l.. r. Royal,
j. 7. Fuller, A. Rosenthal, H. Kas-
sen, j. w. Green. Maggie Jones, J.
Dee, A. Henry, Jr., ]. H. Engenbred.
H. Schwitzerberg.
Savannah Almanac, 10Th Meridian
Time.
Sun rises at 5:25 a. M and sets at
1882 p. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at 500
a. m. and S:32 p. m. High water at Sa-
vannah one hour later
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
Savannah Almanac. 7oth Meridian

Sun rises at 5:25 a. m. and sets at
1882 p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06

The stewards of craft in port We're
in evidence around the city market
yesterday. Sunday is a day when the
steward is expected to furnish extras
"nd all were therefore in the market
in search of them.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
ROYAL HoRsEs roRruREp.

We observed with regret yesterday that ali the horses in the royal car riaSes taking part in the Prince of Wales procession to the city. and even the saddle horses of the outriders. wore the bearing rein. While waiting out side the GuildhaN these handsome ani- raals were continually tossing their heads and throwing foam from their bits in manner that the more ignor- ant orlookers doubtless took for evi- Gence of their high spirit. but which was painful proof to any one with the smallest knowledge of horses that they were making constant hut intellectual efforts to relieve themselves rom the suffering caused by the cramped posi- tiCn Of their heads. We feel perfectly certain that the use of the bearing rein on the royal horses is 9 detail oC which both the king and the prince of Wales are entirely unaware, and for which some jack-in-ofiice in the royal sta bles alone is responsible.-St. James Ga zsttc.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
SORELY DISAPPOINTED.

Even into a COroner's duties there are times when gleans of humor penetrate the gloom, although they be as sepul- chral and as grewsome as the wit in dulged in by two grave diggers in "damlet." Coroner Leland tells the following story which occurred at the ncrgue a few weeks ago. The body of a woman had been found in a lodging house. where she had committed sui eide by inhaIins gas. The only thing that pointed to the Identity Of the wo- man was that her name was Jones. This was made public by the newspa- pers. The next day two stylishly dressed women came to the morEue and asked that they be allowed to see the body. one of the ladies further stating that her sister-in-lcw was named Jones. and that for certain reasons sine did not care to make known feared the suicide was her relative. They looked a | the body, but they could not identify t. As the ladies were going away the one who profered the last bit of infor- nation, said:
 ''Oh, l am so disappointed. I was 90 sure 1t was Mary. Francisco Wave.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

paying tellers each use aG automatic cashier, which, so long as it is fed with the ''needful,7 will at the touch of a button discharge into the waiting hand any desired amount of change, always correct, in a convenient assortment Of coins. Arithmometers or calculating machines print the figures of any num- Der of items and automatically print the total amounts. A private telephone exchange enables the officers to con verse with each other and communicate with the outside world without leaving their desks.
 All the water used in the building must pass. through q large Altering plant before entering the service pipes An electric exhaust fan draws out the impure air. Facilities are provided for invigorating shower baths before or after work. A room convenient Of access is especially fitted with racks for bicycles. Books and periodicals on banking subjects are circulated: and ball games and other athletic sports and anything that will promote per sonal relations and encourage good fellowship among the clerks have the cordial aid Of the management.
 Frank Dean is hardly more than 33 years old-of rather stocky build, with a large, round head, smooth face, Ro- man nose, high forehead, bald crown. bright eyes with heavy brows, and 2 comedy mouth. He coined the phrase retail bank" and none knows better what it lEeans.-New York Commercial.