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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09
FAD FOR SAMOVARS.

SuperstitiOns That Cling to the Pop
uIar Adjunct to Afternoon Teas.
In the growing popularity of samo-
var both as an ornament and an adj
junct to the breakfast table, the nat
ural desire is to possess a Russian
samovar as distinct from one manufac-
tured in some other part of the world.
The purchaser will do we'll therefore
to note the marks which stamp the
Russian article as genuine.
In the first place as the manufacture
of samovars in the dominions of the
Car is reserved exclusively to the
government, the imperial crest will be
found stamped upon every genuine
Russian tea-urn. The reason why the
government engages in this industry,
is that samovar may be within and at
purchasing power of the hum
blest peasant. 1t is regard
ed as a public necessity in
Russia, and are sold by weight and at
the actual cost of manufacture. OF
course there are many grades, from
those of the simplest pattern to others
of gold and silver, worth thousands of
dollars, and made for the court or
wealthy mobiles. But a good brass
samovar, with bowl and tray to match,
will cost in Russia about $40, and i'm
ported into the United States double
that sum.
Another test of a genuine Russian
samovar is to be noticed in the heat
ing apparatus. If a spirit lamp is the
method employed, then unless it has
been obviously adapted, the samovar is
an imitation. Those made in RuSsie
are all heated with charcoal.
But to many people and especially to
readers who are familiar with Russian
novels, in which the Samovar is per-
petually in bubbling evidence, it may
be news to learn that the use of the
samovar is a comparatively modern
Russian custom. There are still to be
found peasants in Russia who deplore
its introduction with the words: Holy
Russia has never been the same since
we have so many samovars."
For all that samovars are to be
found in almost every house and howell
of the empire. and sufficient time has
elapsed for some quaint superstitions
to enshrine them in the eyes of the
peasantry. A Russian of the humb1est
order, for instance. will not light a
new samovar unless 1t has been first
blessed by the priest. Otherwise the
Witch of the Winds might keep blow
ing the flame out, and the water would
never stay at the boiling point. In
some parts of the country for a SINH
lar reason. 1t is not considered advisa-
BILE to keep a samovar too highly pol
ished. Spirits and elves like human
beings are presumed to have their con-
ceits. and they might be attracted to a
hut where well FURNISHED up samovar
would serve the purpose of a looking
glass.
AS TO the drinking of tea. for which
the samovar is in as constant use as
the ice pitcher Is with us, what we I'M
derstand as Russian tea. would scarce
ly be recognized by a native as such.
In the frst place a Russian makes a
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09

A far reaching scheme Of philan-
thropy, of a kind never before attempt
ed, has been inaugurated by Mrs.
Florence Kelley, under the auspices of
the National Congress of Mothers. This
is nothing less than the payment of
an amount equal to the wages of a
child to those families in which the
child's wages are necessary, in order
that the child may be kept in school,
the founding of scholarships in short.
Mrs Kelley is the well known ma
tional secretary of the Consumers
League, which has for it's object the
creation and enforcement of humane
factory laws, and the prevention of
child labor. Mrs. Kelley has worked for
years along these lines and is the only
woman who was ever chief factory in
spector of a state; she having held that
position in Illinois. Very recently she
was appointed chairman of the Child
Labor Committee of the Mothers Con-
gress, and has already begun her cam
paign for the scholarships for poor
children.
Her plan is to secure by contribution
a fund, which will be used to pay to
the mother an amount equal to the
wages the child would earn, during the
term of public school. Only the chill
dren of widowed mothers will receive
scholarships. This amount would vary,
according to what the child could earn.
For instance. in some of the Southern
states children are working in the fac
tories for nine cents a day. The pub
lie schools of the vicinity are open on
only three months in the year, so that
it would require very little to provide
an annual scholarship" for a child in
such a community.
So widespread a scheme, put in OPP
Grafton over the whole country, would
apparently necessitate a vast system
of investigation. But this would be
easily provided through the Mothers
clubs and other associations of women
throughout the country; charity organ
izations, and corresponding agencies.
When the case of a widow dependent
wholly or partially upon the earnings
of her children came under the obser-
walton of any such agency, it could be
reported to the Mothers Congress and
referred to the Child Labor Commit
tee.
I'm short" said Mrs. Kelley the other
day in her office in New York, II want
to divert a few thousands out of all
those millions that are going to endow
universities for the sons and daughters
of rich men, to provide scholarships for
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09

Jerseyman. who some years back was
bitten with the same passion for dis
tinction." In fact he simply pinned for
ancestors. but how to get them he did
not know. All he did know was that
his grandfather had been an English
man. England the inquirer reasoned
was so small a place. there must be
traces left in it of any fairly well TO
do immigrant. So he decided TO write
letters to the parish authorities every
where, asking that search be mace LOT
people and records of his name, ana
promising to pay literally for the max
ing.
The letters meant a private secretary.
One was found and duly set TO work.
After eighteen months of effort, ana
the expenditure all told Of two thous-
and dollars, the man in search OF an
cestors struck his first trail. 1t ran
straight and landed in the parish work
house, but even the pauper disclaimed
kinship. None of his stock hadn't never
gone to Ameriky, he said. The investi-
cation ended suddenly then and there,
and one American family is still in the
dark as to its family tree.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09
BEEswAx MINING IN OREGON.
Controversy Over Origin of Deposits.
Interesting Indian Legends.
From the Los Angeles Times.

ANhCECSthh& LeKend8.
From the Los Angeles Times.
Mining for beeswax is an industry
confined to small stretch of the Pa
cific coast, and it exists nowhere else
as far as can be ascertained. About
thirty miles south of the mouth of the
Columbia river is Nehalem Bay and
beach, and here is where the beeswax
mines are found. 1t is hardly proper
to call the deposits mines, for they
are scattered along the beach in an
uncertain fashion, and are probably
not of natures production. The de-
posits are mined, however, but in a
manner unlike any other kind of min
ing. They resemble placer dlggings
more than any other.
The beeswax miner uses a plow and
team of horses to work the alluvial de-
posits at the mouth of the bay, and
sometimes goes at it with pick and
shovel. Occasionally some fine speci-
mems of the wax are found floating, or
cast upon the sands of the beach.
How did the beeswax get there? Au-
thorities differ as to this. Samples
have been sent to men who claim to
be mineral experts, and they say that
1t is probably ozocerite, otherwise
known as mineral wax or natural mar
affine. The paraffine made from ne
troleum products is not much. different
from that produced from beeswax.
gives a similar odor when melting, and
II is easy to see that a mistake might
be made. On the other hand bees-
wax experts insist that 1t is the pro
duct of the bee, the characteristic odor
disappearing somewhat from long ex-
posture to the elements. When found
the pieces have corroded appearance.
like mineral ore. and the discoloration
extends through the substance to some
extent. This might be expected. for
much OF II has been tossed about by
the waves or has been buried in the
beach sand for two or three centuries
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09

The alluvial or made lands near tho
entrance to the bay have trees standing
thereon which must be more than A
hundred years old, some being three
feet in diameter, and deposits of the
wax are found beneath the roots of
these trees in many instances. At
present tn sea is making inroads on
the land and is cutting away the sun
port from quite tract of lowland COW
ered with forest, and large quantities
OF the wax are brought to view. The
Nenalem river is a large stream car
rylng an immense amount of water
IN the winter season, and is constant
~ changing the country in the region
OF the delta. Sometimes the old cham
mel is shut up and a new one is made
TITO the sea. The large bar at the
mouth OF the bay is shifting. and "a
the changes take place, more of the
wax is unearthed, so that miners are
not always obliged to depend upon the
shovel or plow
The settlers in the vicinity havs
mined and gathered the wax since 1863
and are doing it yet to some extent.
Ihey have found a ready market. SELL
ing it for beeSwax. 1t is carried IN
astoria is boats or overland on pack
animals, and one man who took over
half ton to market at one time re-
celved Is cents per pound for his car
go.
The theory that the wax came from
a wrecked ship is quite generally ac-
cepted. but if this is so, there must
have been large cargo, for many
tons have been saved and marketed
besides the supply seems no nearer be-
ing exhausted than it wasitwenty years
ago. Small bits of the wax have been
picked up at various places along the
Oregon coast, and as far south as sam
ia Barbara, in California, so say the
scientists, who have generally regard
ed IL as mineral wax.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09

he pours a small quantity of the tanniu
decoction into a glass, mixes in sugar.
sometimes jam, and heaven knows
what else besides, fills up with boiling
water, and swallows down.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR.
CHILDREN OF THE POOR

The Consumers League The Mothers Clubs and the Ma
onaI Humane Society Co.operates in Novel Scheme.
Mrs Florence Kelly Former State Factory Inspector of
Illinois, Is the Moving Spirit
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09

strong decoction of the leaves, which
he keeps warm in pot on the top of
the samovar. Then whenever he feels
like drink. which is about twenty
four times in the twenty-four hours,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09

The Nye family OF which the FAM
GUS humorist, "Bilr' Nye. was a menu
Der. formed an association at sand
wich. Mass, last week and will here
after hold yearly reunions
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09
THE TOURIST TRIPS
OF THE BIRDS

Northern Birds Scatter Themselves Over Wide Stretch
Of Terrory.CentraI America and the West Indies Re-
ceive Many Guests but None Of Them Travel in Dis
guiSe.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-19
sANFoRp's PUNCH BOWL.
Made to Hold TanRlefoot, 1t Now Hold
Only wntor for Horses

Made to Hold Tanalefoot, 1t Now Holds
Only Wntor for Horses.
The watering trough of Pickering
Square, Bangor, is said to have a more
ocular history than any otherHimilar
object in the state or In New Eugiand.
Years ago, when Capt. Charles San
ford owned a steamboat line between
Bangor and Boston. making a trip or
two week with squatty steamer the
friends of the captain and owner decid-
ed that they would make him an origi-
nal present on an anniversary, and
they ordered huge granite panch
bowl At first the idea of howl
seet high and feet in diameter was
not conceived, but II came to the mind
Of one OF the friends and the order was
changed so as to make the present OF
Unheard Of dimensions, and Of rough
granite without inscriptions. The
people who made 1t thought thGre was
something out of the ordinary in the
wind and they put extra work into It,
The affair was shipped TO Bangor and
was formally presented to the captain
ADOtIu lls craft Nlol uDlt II W AbAt
street. The captain was surprised
but he made n very neat speech Of ac-
ceptance. The bowl was h'pt aboard
the craft for a week or more, until one
day the owner thought he would take
It on the wharf, and with all sorts OF
tackle 10 help, the task was commeuc-
ed. But there was bad luck following
the bowl somewhere. as at the critical
moment the rope parted and punch
bowl and tackle and nearly the whole
crew went into The river at once. The
bowl stayed where IT sank for num-
Der of years. as the feet of steamers
that landed at the wharf didn't draw
as much as they do now, and the bowl
din't interfere with. navigation. But
Capt Sanford finally decide that II
must come up, and he offered 1t to the
city as watering trodsh IL they cared
enough about It to move II from where
It lay. They did ana Il was moved
az once and w9s amos
now 10 delight cary
horses down in lhe ..-.a.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-19

Sales day Saturday at Ingram d.
Hoifmans bakery on layer cakes 23
cents each. l61t3
No. |.
Cut sale on shoes, slippers, boots
clothing, hats and caps at the Lead
er. 1916
If you have anything to sell put
your ad in the Democrat where you
reach all the people. 156-tf
No. 2.
We want to meet all the people
in town, in order to do so we have
inqugurated this big cut sale. 1910
Try the Delmonico under the
new management. lelt6
No. 3,
You should no more go to gem
eral store for shoes and clothing
than you woald get prescription
for yourself of horsedoctor. Pat
ronize experts at the Leader l57t6
The Delmonico feeds the highest
class trade. l61tG
DIR. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin Is
pleasant to take. 1t is a pleasant
laxative. Sold by o. G. Stephenson
No. 4.
Buy shoes of an expert shoe man
clothing of an expert clothier. Iol
find them at the Leader only 1870
Go to the Pioneer Drug Store
opposite postofiice for flower seed
and garden seeds. l49tl.
No. 5.
Get your shoes of foot titte
and make your foot glad, get you
furnishing goods of a reliable ma
and be up to date. AT the Leader
l57t
All kinds of grape cuttings fo
sale at st. Patric<s Mission. 80
ner 100. 143m
No. 6.
Everybody must admit the be'
and cheapest clothing and shoes al
at the Leader. 1877
For parties and soclals g
price ON Bissants celebrated IL
cream from Ingram d Hoffman.
1871
No. :.
Dancing pumps for ladies al
gents dress shirt and bali ties n
our stronghold Leader. 1877
Coal, flour, feed and grain
Leach q Peacock.
No. s.
Boys and mems never rip sho
and Iron Clad stockings at t
Leader. l57
Eat at the Delmonico. 16l
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-19

horses down IN 10" '.-.o.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
BRYANs IN MEXICO.
The coiousl and Ills wife Are En,oyIp,
Their Trip in Monsexuma'. Land.

The coiousi and Ills wife Are Enjoying
Their Trip in Mon,exuma's Land.
City OF Mexico. Dec. 29-Mr. Bryan's
visit here has been varied by sight.
seeing. Official calls. etc. He was re.
ceived In audience by President Diax
and Minister OF Finance Llmantour.
who both showed him the courtesy due
TO so distinguished a political leader
In the United States. Mrs. Bryan and
children Sunday visited the shrine OF
the Virgin OF Guadalupe aud we're
shown az an especial favor the mag
nifieent and costly crown OF the vir.
gin presented by the ladies OF Mexico.
Az Guadalupe a gypsy fortune tell n
wanted TO reveal what the future had
in store for Mrs. Bryan. who declined
although she talked with her ia Ger.
man
Saturday evening the Bryan party. In.
Guiding the children. took a night train
for Cord0va 10 visit Alfred Bishop Ma.
sons haclnda. named Yale. In honor
Of the famous American university
W. J. Crittenden. q sOa OF former
Consul General Criitendon. has been
with the party
The government people have not
sought Mr.. Bryan for information on
silver as his views are well known
here and the government Is In receipt
Of suggestions from all parts OF the
world from the most famous huanciers.
There Ga every disposition here 10 treat
Mr.. Bryan with more than ordinary
courtesy on account OF his eminent pO.
sition as Democratic leader and his
proven frlendlincss 10 the silver cause.
lie Is IN excellent health and buoyant
spirltg and the people point him ont
on the streets a. the great champion
Of silver Few visiting Americans
ever have attracted more interested
attention.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
MET VIOLENT DEATHS
Several individuals In Greater New
York Thus Die.
EIGHT ARE NO MORE.
OF This Number Three OF Them End
Their Own Existence and the
Remainder Enter Eternity
Various Other Ways.

New York. Dec. 2o.-Eight persons
met violent deaths in Greater New
York Sunday. Three were clear cases
OF suicide and the others resulted
from variety % causes.
Mrs. Mary Clark. aged forty.fve.
wife Of the chief officer OF the steamer
Beverly. died from the result OF gas
poisoning. self.administered.
George Simon. forty.six. and Jacob
schwarts. thirty-nve years old. died
after drinking carbolIc acid.
Mary Stack. aged twenty.four. OF
whitonsville. Mass. was found dead in
a hotel. Escaping gas is given as the
cause. An unidentified man was found
In her room. unconscious.
Mary Series, aged thirty.eight. drank
wood alcohol and died In a hospital.
Henry Bunkey. twentyseven, was
found on the sidewalk with a frac.
tured skull, and died later.
Two men are dead as the result Of
falls, one in the powerhouse Of n street
railway company and the other In a
lodging house
An eighteen.yoar-old girl committed
suicide by swallowing carbolic acid.
and woman, thirty.two years old.
hanged herself In a police station. but
was cut down In time 10 save her life
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
ForSALE.
LAMAR BETHEA,
Successor to Monroe Edge,
Real Estate Agent.

80 acres Of flrstciass land near A. 4
NJ. college. good location for dairy
and hog farm, price $1,000.
81 lots on courthouse spare, good
seven room house. newly painted
with barn and all necessary out
houses. fine well Of water going at
t220O.00.
VIII sell the Pochila two story
Mouse cheap.
VIII sell lots In north western part
OF city. inside lots at $500, corner
lots Mt e35 o..
80 acres on Wixon creek known as
Pearson place. 20 acres IN cnltiva-
ton. All creek bottom land except
8 acres. Good place Tor party want
ing small farm. Going cheap.
% acres. Good 9 room house. Two
underground brick cisterns About
q acres la cultivation. One mile
west OF city. I a. q. n r.. r. passes
through property. VIII sell for
81 80 % OF trade for city property.
Other lands too numerous to men
ti0n.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Senator Bailey r. spending the holt
days at Gainesville. Tex, his home.
Ed Jones. colorcd. had hand blown
on NJ Gainesville. Tex, by a giant IRE
cracker.
MFR. and Mrs. John Singer accident
ally took oxalic acid at Denver Colo
and died
As result OF an explosion IN the
Little RedstOne mine. near Fayette
City, Pa. four men we're killed.
Cattlemen In west Texas complain
that sheep raisers are drifting their
fiochs over the range and destroying
grass.
Fourteen cars loaded with walnut
logs crashed into an empty freight
train at Anadarko. Okla Damage was
great.
Farmers Institute at Guadalupe
county, Texas. was organized al Sc
gum A trainload OF corn was sub
scriber for
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n.u.r n.crlr,. an o,ntlnn.

Ponce. p. r.. Dec. 2s.-Admlral Dew.
ey arrived here from San Juan and
received an ovation. He was warmly
greeted by a committee OF naval o..
ficals and citizens and was escorted
by them from Juana Diaz 10 Ponce. The
city was decorated in honor OF the nd
mirars arrival. which was followed by
procession with bands OF music
through the streets. Later the admiral
boarded the United States ship May,
flower. which was waiting for him, and
sailed for Culebra.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30

New iberia. La, Dec. 29.-The sugar
house and contents on the Elma plan
tatlon were burned. The property.
which was owned by Laundry Len.
naux & CO.. was Insured for t27 900.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30

Terrell. Tex. Dec. CIV r Tram
neil. a farmer OF this county. has XIII
ed 400 wild ducks this season. lie has
picked enough feathers 10 make n for
ty-pound feather bed. and eight pillows
and has some left
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
Greer Die. suddenly

Fort Worth. Dec. 2g-J. NJ Greer. n
cattleman. twenty-elght years old. son
OF ]. +. Greer OF the livestock commits.
sion firm ~ Greer Mills a Co. OF
Chicago. died az his room IN Hotel
Worth presumably Of heart failure.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
KnI.a hr no. own RereI,.r.

San Angelo. Tex. Dec. 29.-Arthur
Hale. who resided on Mule creek. was
instantly killed by his pistol falling
from his pocket. the ball penetrated bis
heart.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
stabbed Twelve Times.

Terrell. Tex. Dec. 2s.-In a cutting
and stabblng scrape here Henry Smith.
colored. was terribly carved about the
head. face. arms and body Sank
Fields. a negro. was arrested.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30
Tntni Misunderstanding.

Beaumont. Tex. Dec. 29.-Jlm Park.
or. a negro. was shot aud killed by
Brooks Andrews another negro. Mis-
understanding over a game Of cards
was the cause.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30

slave IN efuos tho oniy %, Of aestrsc
books Of Brazos county Land titlss.
FOR SALE

40 acres OF first-class pasture land
located partly within the city limits.
Plenty Of stock water. Price si6 per
acre.
About re and one-qnarter acres
near scho,. house In southeast part
3ftpwn. Snail ...~ cottage. tenant
house aud yell on premises. Price
$50.
Six room house and two lots of
-gnd located four blocks from
M Street. Brick cistern on pre-
misses. Price $3.50.
One quarter block near Allen Aca-
deny. East front. Price t25O.00.
Terms easy.
70 feet front on Railroad steet out
Otto Boehme's property. WIN
sell part or all.
Lots near school house Mt siO0
each.
Also other city property
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30

Cuero. Tex. Dec 29.-Mrs. Legalley
and her twin babies. who were burned
during the destruction by FIRE OF the
family residence. have died
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30

Ennis. Tex. Dec. 29-Jlm and Claude
Shaw were shot and killed four miles
east OF here. II. l.. willis was remand
Cd 10 Jail without bail.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-30

Austin. Dec 2s.--The wife OF Cover
nor sayers Is confined to her bed by
illness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
A GREAT SUFFERER FROM
RHEUMATISM.
Cured by st. Jacobs OH

Mr.. e. G. Moore. Of Z. Phillips
Street. Kingsland:
"I was a great sufferer from Rheu'
matism for many years. during which
time l tried many remedies. from
which / received but very little relief.
Being advised to use st. Jacobs OIL.
! did SO. and am happy to say that
after a few applications l felt great
relief. and continuing Its use can
now say l am perfectly we'll. st.
Jacobs OIL is. in my opinion. thint
which should be In every household"
What q blessing. and what hours OF
suffering. pain and misery would
have been saved had Mr.. Moore
adopted the wiser course and used
st. Jacobs OIL at first. instead OF
wasting time and money on worthless
embrocations and nostrums with
which. unfortunately. the market is
flooded. The public should not lose
sight of the fact that st. Jacobs OIL
has conquered pain for more than fifty
years. and It isn't going to stop doing
the same thing now or at any future
time.-Fifty years record OF pain
conquering is record to inspire con.
fdence.