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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
TWENTY-ONE LIVES
LOST IN COLLISION

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. pa Singapore
telegram of July 80 to the China Mail
says:
A collision occurred in the straits OF
MALAGA Wednesday morning between the
Dutch mail steamer Prinz Alexander and
the British steamer Ban Hin GUM.
The Prinz Alexander sank and the first
officer and the first engineer and IS pas
sengers and crew were drowned.
Twenty passengers, including the cap
tain, were saved by the Ban Hin GUN.
The Ban Hin GUN, which was badly
damaged, was towed into Singapore and
beached.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
THE STATION MASTER
!. HURT AT The DEPOT

riously injured Thursday afternoon in the
union depot by stepping backwards from
the rear end of dining car which was
standing in the station. Mr.. Armstrong
thought that the vestibule at the end of
the car was closed and stepped backwards
to allow a passenger to pass. Instead Of
stepping into another car at the rear he
fell TO the floor Of the station.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
NO RESIGNATION RECEIVED
FROM JUSTICE HAL LEWIS

Governor Gambler said Saturday that
he had received no resignation or notice
OF resignation from Justice Hal T. Lewis
of the supreme court. He said several
parties had called on him regarding the
matter and that he had several a1plica-
lions for the position in event Judge Lew
is resigned from the bench.
Justice Lewis has returned from At
lantic City and is now at his home at
Greensboro. Ga. There IS still consider
able talk about his resignation, but as
yet 1t has not reached Governor Gambler.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
NEGRO TELLS COMMISSION
HOW HE WAS TREATED

lIiligan Hill. the negro who claims that
he was cruelty treated by the authorities
at the Swift misdemeanor camp in Elber-
ton. appeared before the prison commits
sion Friday and related his expert
ences while he was confined in the camp.
Chairman Turner stated after Hill had
been questioned that the charges made by
the negro would be fully investigated.
Warden Moore has already been ordered
10 inspect the camp and make a report
concerning the allegations which were
made by Eli.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
S. v. D. ST0UT1S DEAD \
AFTER LONG, USEFUL LIFE

S. V. d. Stout died at his home at S2S
Luclkie street Friday morning at o'clock.
after long illness of heart disease. Mr..
Stout was 45 years Of age. He leaves a
wife, enc son and one daughter to mourn
his death.
Mr.. Stout was connected with Inman,
Smith & Co. He began work 80 years ago
for Moore, Marsh & Co., and when that
firm was sold to Inman, Smith & Co., he
became connected with the latter firm,
being with the two firms for 80 years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
|EWSOME DID NOT
KILL KEITH SAYS
THE JURY
NEsTIcATIoN DIscLosEs THE
FACT THAT SKULL WAS NOT
FRACTURED AND VERDICT
CLEARS OFFICER.

|Or,rsyILLE, Ca. Aug. zS.-TEe cor
rs. Jury in the investigation Of the
IN OF ]. ]. Keith yesterday. wh.ch was
|eved 20 have been caused by a blow
en- him BY J. A. NeWsome on Monday.
ks--ed = verdict that Mr.. Keith's death
|ultes. from causes unknown TO them.
n egznnfnat ton was made OF the wound
doctors Hubert and Rhodes 20 ascer-
y ~. nnv fracture OF his skull existed
i they report that wound was not the
sc ef his death
h was laid 70 rest in the cemetery
\ afternoon with Pythiaa hORors at
O'Clock
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
Policeman Is Slain by a Tramp.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. &-Police-
man ]. ]. Flowers, of the Bessemer po-
lice force. was shot to death this morn
ing early by a tramp who was in an emp
ty box car in the railroad yards.
The policeman was searching the empty
cars for tramps when he came across two
unknown men, one of whom opened fire.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
Goodwin, Shot by Negro Outlaw, Is Dead

CAIRO, Ga, Aug. 29.-Jeff Goodwin, who
was shot Saturday night while trying to
arrest Cooley Tyrus, died at 8 o'clock this
morning.
This makes two victims of Goley's gun.
The third man shot, Night Waterman
Howe, is resting easy. No arrest has
been made.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
In Burning Theatre Man Lost His Life.

BAY CITY, Mich, Aug. 30.-One life
was lost as result of a fire which de-
stroyed Woods opera house last night,
causing loss of 100000 " Is
The badly crushed body of Eugene Ca
remba, aged % a spectator, was found
under some fallen walls early today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
Remains of the Fairs Reach Havre.

HAVRE. France. Aug. 2S.-The remains
of Charles L. and Mrs. Fair arrived here
today from Paris and will be forwarded
to Southampton tonight.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
A Hafchinr ERE

can egg in the process Of Matching"
says an expert, ''is remarkably sensi-
tive to vibration. Half the failures
that amateurs encounter in Matching
out chicks by the incubator method
are due to lack Of precaution in pro-
viding against the effect of vibration
on the eggs. The rumble of a train or
the passage of wagon along the
street will spoil whole incubator full
of eggs if the faintest v1bratory wave
reaches the apparatus. Even such a
little thing as the banging Of door
in some other part of the house will
destroy the chances Of Matching out a
brood where care has not been taken
to place the incubator beyond the
reach of such disturbances. A thunder
storm always gives breeders scare,
as thousands of eggs may be spoiled
by a sudden heavy thunderclap. To
sneeze or cough in the vicinity of the
incubators will sometimes work dis
astrous result."-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Art of Paper Making.

In the matter of making and using
paper we are not in line with the Chi
nese and other Asiatics, who not only
make the finest paper in the world, but
apply it to all sorts of uses, making
window panes, fans, umbrellas, sandals
and even cloaks and other garments
of it.
The art of making paper from null
berry bast is said to have been invented
In China in the second century B. G.
Afterward bamboo shoots, straw, grass
and other materials were also used.
The manufacture spread to the ada
cent countries.
The Arabs learned it in Samarkand,
and their learned men carefully kept
secret the process by which they made
paper for their own use. The crusades
made Europe acquainted with the art,
and the first paper mill in Germany
dates from the twelfth century.
To this day the process of paper maxi
ing in the east is simple and apparent
" crude, the fibers being torn apart
with the fingers and the pulp pressed
in a primitive contrivance.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
A Palace bx Piecemea1.

'I have bought a hut which 1 am
Transforming into palace" said q wo-
man. "You see, 1 had acquired mania
for buying the insides of fine old
homes about to be torn down, and
had filed my city apartment with all
that 1t would stand, besides putting
good deal in storage. Yet 1 kept on
buying. One day came across well
built but plainly furnished house on
Staten Island which 1 could buy for a
small price. At once 1 had visions of
that house as 1t would look trans
formed by my fine old carved woods,
marbles, tiles and mirrors. Mentally
did it up to such degree of attractive
ness that Just had to purchase it. The
results are justifying my expectations.
Every one who enters gives an excla-
nation of surprise and admiration, and
I'm not through yet. The interior finish
of my house cost originally tens of
thousands of dollars and came from all
parts Of the globe. 1 got it for almost
nothing. New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
The Emerald In History,

The Israelites respected the emerald
as a stone Of ecclesiastical harmonies,
and we all know the passage in the
revelation of "a rainbow round about
the throne, in sight like unto an en-
erald," and how the fourth foundation
of the wall round the heavenly Jerusa-
lem was an emerald. In Ezekiel it is
said, Syria was thy merchant by rea-
son of the multitude Of the wares of
thy making; they occupied in thy fairs
with emeralds, purple and broidered
work and fine linen and coral and
agate" and the high priest wore an
emerald ring on the first finger Of his
right hand, all the same as did the
Mexican pontiff serving in the temple
of Votan, with whom and his Israel
itish brother were strange points of re-
semblance.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
subduine a Bully.

An experience on a Siberian train re-
lated by writer in a Vladivostok pa
per reminds one of the early stage
coach days beyond the Mississippi and
seems even more violent because the
participants in the adventure were not
rough plainsmen and mountaineers,
but a lady and nobleman.
When the train pulled up at Tsitikar,
in Manchuria, a Mantchoo noble who
had bullied all his fellow passengers
alighted at the station restaurant after
warning them that he would decapi-
tate any of them who took his seat.
During his absence a smartly dressed
young Russian lady entered the car
and, despite the alarmed expostula-
tions of its occupants, calmly appro-
priated the seat.
When the noble returned, he few
into a passion and advanced threaten
ingly with his curved saber drawn.
But the young woman coolly covered
him with a shining revolver.
"Do you take us for a pack of cow
ardly mandarins?" she exclaimed, and
then, pointing to her feet, she remark
ed, Here is your place, my hero.''
The Mantchoo noble surrendered and
sat at her feet for the rest of the jour-
new
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
A Church Lottery Ticket.

George Washington, says the Phil
adelphia Record, conducted the Noun
tain Road lottery, building public
highway with the profits, and in an
anteroom of st. Peters church, at
Third and Pine streets, there hangs
in frame on the wall ticket from
lottery that the church itself conduct
ed. The ticket is dated 1855 and reads:
"st. Peters Lottery. No. 11,75s.
This ticket entities bearer to such
prizes as may be drawn against it's
number, If demanded in nine months
after the drawing is finished, subject
to such deduction as is mentioned in
the scheme"
The slip of paper is two inches
square and printed, but the signature,
which is that of Henry Harrison, Is
written. The amount of the lottery
prize, cost of the tickets and the good
use to which the profits were to be
put are subjects Of which the verger
of st. Peters Is In ignorance.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
AN EASY VICTORY.
How an Obstinate English Lord w8a
Outwitted In Naples.

Lord Charles Hamilton used to 60
about Naples attended by large, ferc-
cious bulldog. Having decided upon
going to Rome, he proceeded to the
station and took his place in a first
class carriage, the "dawg' taking up
position on a seat opposite his mas
ter. The platform inspector, with
many gesticulations, declared that the
bulldog should not travel in a passen-
ger carriage.
''Very well, then; take him out" was
Lord Charles rejoinder.
In vain the official expostulated. He
merely reiterated his former reply, a
piece of advice 1t is needless to say
which was not followed, and Lord
Charles, apparently master of the sit
uation, threw himself back in his seat
and calmly lighted cigar.
But the Italians were not to be out
done, and, quietly detaching the car
riage in which the English '.milor" was
seated, they made up the train with an
other compartment and started it off.
Lord Charles sat quietly smoking for
about a quarter of an hour and then,
surprised at the delay, thrust his head
out of the window and demanded
when the train was going to start. His
feelings when the situation was de-
scribed to him may be imagined.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Book. and English Spelling.

Most people think when they see
book that has the English spelling-the
''u'' in honor and ''odor," the Else"
for "ize," etc.-that the types were set
up and the plates made in England, but
as a matter of fact most important
books that are written by English au-
thors are set up in this country. When
an important writer is to bring out a
new volume, an arrangement Is made
for it's simultaneous publication on both
sides of the water. The manuscript is
then sent to the American publisher,
who gives it to his compositors marked
English spelling" and 1t is set up in
that manner quite as accurately here
as any London compositor would do it.
After the plates have been made they
are sent to England. This roundabout
method of simultaneous publication is
due to the intricacies of the copyright
law.-Philadelphia Record.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Helping a Man to Suicide.

1t is remarkable how a suicide by q
certain method or in a certain place
will lead to another of the same kind.
A surgeon of the N1iddlesex hospital,
in London, went into a barber shop to
be shaved. The barber spoke of man
who had been unsuccessful in an at
tempt to kill himself by cutting his
throat.
"He could easily have managed it,
said the surgeon, "had he been ac-
quainted with the situation of the
carotid artery"
where should he have cutf" asked
the barber. The surgeon told him. He
at once left the room. and, not return
ing as soon as was expected, the sur
geon went TO look for him. and discov-
cred him in the yard with his head
nearly severed from his body.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Making 1t Simple.

The scholarly looking man with the
big eyeglasses had been invited to ad-
dress the Sunday school and was max
ing few remarks concerning the les
son.
Il see the word line occurs here" he
said. "Will some one give me defini-
ton of 'lineF"
Nobody answered
at is very easy" he proceeded ell
couragingly, though you may find it
little perplexing to convey the idea in
simple terms. Try again. Well, the
ordinary signifcation of the word is
longitudinal extension, but here it de-
notes predetermined boundary. l am
sure, my young friends, you can re-
member that" Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Preetou. Picture Frames.

Perhaps the most valuable frame
ever made for picture is that which
incloses "The Virgin and Child" in the
cathedral of Milan. Its size is 8 by
6 feet and is Of massive hammered
gold, with an inner molding of lapis
lazuli. The corners have hearts de-
signed in large pearls, and precious
stones are inlaid around 1t. 1t is said
to have been the gift of a rich nun
merry, and its estimated value is $4,000.
One of the pictures in the Vatican at
Rome is inclosed in a frame studded
with jewels, so that the value Of the
frame nearly equals that Of the pic
ture. Many continental churches have
pictures with similar frames Of great
value.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Sausage. Made While You Wait.

The man who ruined a sausage max
er's trade by walking into his shop
with sackful of dead cats and dump
ing the contents down on the counter
now finds a rival-albeit an uninten-
tional one-in the person of London
waiter. The latter worthy, being asked
by a customer for sausages, replied
that there was none left; but, being of
an obliging disposition, he went on to
say that If the gentleman did not mind
waiting for few minutes some should
be obtained for him-meaning, of
course, that they should be sent out
for. The customer having sisnifed
his willingness to wait, the waiter pro-
ceeded to the culinary department to
give the necessary instructions, but on
arriving there he had the misfortune to
step on the tail Of a dog which be-
longed to one of the kitchen attend
ants. The injured animal Immediately
let out series Of agonized yelps,
whereupon the customer, being evi-
IDENTIFY a man of imaginative mind,
turned pale and left the restaurant
urriedly.-Pearson's.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Another Solomon.

A horse dealer in a Scotch town
having hired horse to solicitor, the
latter, either through bad usage or
some other cause, killed the horse,
when the dealer insisted upon pay
ment by bill If it were not convenient
to pay cash.
The lawyer had no objection to grant
q bill, but said it must be at long
date. The dealer told him to fix his
own time, when the man of law drew
a promissory note, making it payable
on the day of judgment.
An action was raised, when the So
licitor asked the presiding judge to
look at the bill.
Having done so, the judge replied:
"The bill is perfectly good, and as
this is the day of judgment I decree
that you pay tomorrow"
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Trorsers In College.

AS late as 1912 students in Trinity
and st. Johns colleges, Cambridge,
were prohibited from wearing panta-
looms, or trousers, in chapel. Oxford
men had already fought for and won
the right to wear trousers. These were
first allowed in Oxford in 1910, when
Rigaud was proctor, and his relaxation
of discipline gave great offense to the
dons. On Nov. 90 1915, William Phelps,
scholar Of Corpus and afterward arch
deacon Of Carlisle, writes, II have been
invited once to the bachelors common
room, where 1 found all wore black
pantaloons and stockings and white
waistcoats." Evidently the discovery
caused him some surprise or he would
not have thought it worthy of record.
Dean Burgon relates in his Lives of
Twelve Great Men" that as late as 1s47
the Rev. Edward Miles Rudd as senior
fellow of Oriel used to appear at the
college "gaudy" in black shorts.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
HIS WlFE's TRIUMPH.
J. Memento That Was Inspiring to
John Richard Green.

1t has been the fate of many men Of
letters to have i'll health bearing them
down as they struggled on toward lit
erary achievements. Thus beset in re-
cent times were Stevenson, Richard
Jeffries and J. R. Green Each of these,
it happened, had a high hearted wife
to keep him up, even to help him with
the actual labor of writing. The Life
and Letters of ]. R. Green show. forth
a great and sweet man. They show,
too. wife whose sympathy and fortt.
tude helped to make his accomplish
ment possible.
In copying the vast amount Of manu-
script of her husbands books Mrs.
Green contracted writer's cramp and
was forced to stop using her right
hand. This looked like a final obstacle
in the way of the invalid, whe did
much of his thinking in bed and could
not write himself. But Mrs. Green set
to work at once learning to write with
her left hand
One Of her first practice pages, which
she was about to destroy with the rest,
her husband took quietly and put In
his pocket. Years afterward. when III
health seemed unbearable and in dis
couragement he felt that he could not
work, he used to take out that piece OF
paper, living record of his wife's tri-
umph over difficulty. When he saw
the painful, patient strokes by which
Mrs. Green had learned to write with
her left hand, he could work on with
something near to Inspiration.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
so rhoushtfuI of Her

Young Husband pick1ng up bundle
from table)-What have you here,
love? Something for me?
Young Wife-Yes, dear. 1 went down
town this morning expressly to buy
them for you. hope you'll like them.
Young Husband-Like them? OF
course I'll like them If you bought
them. But what are they?
Young Wife-They're nightcaps, dear.
I heard you tell Sparkles this morning
that you'd go down to the club this
evening with him and wet a nightcap,
and / made up my mind right away
that I'd save you that trouble by see
ing that you had some in the house.
Just open the parcel and try them on,
won't you, love2Exchange
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
1nstinct Of the Mudn.h.

The remarkable instinct which causes
the mudfsh to roll himself in a ball of
mud when the dry season approaches
is wonderful provision Of nature, in
tended solely, it would seem, to pre-
vent the extinction Of the species. The
most interesting fact about this fish
is that it breathes by means Of its
gills when In its native element and by
means Of lungs during its voluntary
imprisonment In the mud coeoon.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
MAGNETISM OF MISERY,
eEen Haunt Scenes That Revive Mem.
cries of Pain.

pAeN hAont scenes IhAc Revive mems
cries of Pain.
Every storm, earthquake OF disaster
OF any kind brings out curious phase
Of human nature. Many of those who
have seen their houses destroyed or
their nearest relatives killed return
as soon as possible to the scenes of dew
astation. In some instances this Is ex-
planned by the fact that there are more
opportunities of earning a livelihood
among old neighbors than among new
surroundings. In numerous cases, how
ever. no such business reason operates
as an inducement The magnet is sen
timent, not money As some mourners
devote every holiday to visiting graves,
so large fraction Of the homeless and
bereaved go back to spend the remain
der of their days in the scenes that re-
call calamity and gloom.
Itwas so after the great London fire,
1t was so after the Lisbon earthquake,
1t was so after the yellow fever swept
Phil elphia, and in more recent years
the Chicago fire, the Mississippi floods,
Charleston, Johnstown and other ca
tastrophes confirm the old experience.
Apparently the desire to gain new
pleasures is no more keen than the
wish to revive the memory of old pain.
Our last storm destroyed much proper
ty and many lives, but we will see
people choosing homes In sight of the
telegraph pole from which the fatal
live wire dangled or the flooded stream
in which the only son was drowned
Philadelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
Letters at Breakfast.

1t is the custom of many households.
says the London Lancet, to have the
mornings post, including letters, news
papers and circulars, placed upon the
breakfast table. The plan is conven-
lent, but from sanitary point of view
it is appalling. 1t is undeniably a
dirty practice. The sorter at the post
Office or the postman may not be as
bacteriologically clean as is desirable.
The dust of the road may adhere to
any exposed gum or the letters may be
dropped, and the bacteriology of road
dust exhibits some well known patho-
genie organisms.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
FLOWER FRAGRANCE.
A Mysterious Sympathy Between the
ENsence and the Bloom.

Esence and the Bloom.
One of the leading manufacturers of
perfumery declares that he is quite GER
tain that flowers possess souls. The
fragrance Of a flower is actually its
soul, and it exists when the flower it
self has perished. This is not a poet
ical fancy, he maintains, but is fact
Certainly the fragrance of flower
is not dead thing. This seems to be
a curious statement to make, but it is
a fact that when certain conditions are
fulfilled a part of the life of flower
never seems to die.
Altl ugh the fragrance Of flowers
dead years ago may have undergone all
sorts of manufacturing processes to
extract it and to fix 1t, yet it never
dies. When the flowers of the kind it
was extracted from bloom, it exhibits
a marvellous sympathy.
Take, as an example, the case of jon
quils. At the end of the year the smell
Of the perfume is constant, but in
spring a change appears. In May.
when the jonquils are in full flower.
the colorless liquid has its scent exalt-
ed to surprisingly high degree.
When the flowers are in bloom, the
bottled essence is very perceptbly
stronger in odor. AS the flowers droop,
SO does the perfume lose its potency in
strict agreement. This mysterious SYM
pathy between flower and essence nev-
er dies, hut ever responds to the prop
er seasons.-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1902-07-18
One of osMald,. Joke..

When a play written by a man who
had reused Oswald's anger by reading
newspaper at a wedding of one of his
friends was produced, he prevented its
success by inducing 250 of his friends
to attend it carrying great books. These
young men, who occupied prominent
seats, read their books while the per-
formance was going on, and whenever
there was any applause each one of
them, as if moved by clockwork, turned
over leaf. The rustling of the leaves
and the spectacle Of the men absorbed
in reading made the performance a
complete failure.