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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-12

Little Miss Lester Randolph will give
a lawn party this afternoon to a num-
Der of her little friends at the home OF
Mrs. George ]. Mills.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-12

Mrs. Alexis Henri Nicolas, who is
spending the week in Charleston, viii
return to Savannah Tuesday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-12

Mrs. J. ]. Earle, who is visiting Mrs.
]. H. Haslam, will leave to-day for her
home, in New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-12

Mrs. Edward Habersham. Miss
Righton Habersham and Miss Claudia
Johnston left last night to spend sew.
eraI days in Charleston.
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POULTRY POINTERS.

Pure water 10 more essential than
clean grass.
Even though turkeys are good for.
ayers 1t will not pay to let them go
without proper feeding.
Everything In the rearing Of young
poultry depends upon their care and
management at least until well feath-
cred.
Fowls inclined to fatten too easily
are not good layers. The flesh they
carry makes them lazy. and this never
promotes laying.
Middlings make q good food for poul.
try, but II. wot up alone it Is too sticky.
The better plan Is to mix with bran
or corn and wet with milk or scaldlng
water.
Whitewash is better than paint on
the poultry houses. for the reason that
1t costs less and has a purifying infiu-
ence. 1t may be applied as often as
once month to advantage.
The properties Of sunflower seed are
peculiar. and small quantity fed ut
the proper time will essentially aid in
imparting to the plumage of adult
fowls gloss that no other grain will
produce.
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The Origin OF Many Names.

The popular Examinations of pet
names in earlier times were in, on, ct.
kin, cock and others. Emma was
shortened to EN-, and for loves sake
1t became Emmott or Emmett. Matilda
was first Til. then Tillot. Bartholomew
was Bart. then Little Bart or Bartlett
The popularity Of these pet names Is
seen In the great number of them
which eventually became family
names.
The Tillotsons, the Emmetts and the
Bartletts are numerous in England and
America. although few dream that
their names were originally pet and
not surnames. Before the use of fam
lily names it was often necessary to use
dininutive forms from the fact that
the same name was not infrequently
given to two or three children Of the
same family. The original of the sur
name Robinson is the pet name of
Robin or Little Robert
AS Germans Of today add chen to
children's names as term of endear-
ment, making Anna Annchen. Eliza
beth Lischen. SO our English ancestry
used the equivalent kin. Watkin was
Little Walter. Simkin Little Simeon,
Perkin Little Peter. Examinations In
kin and cock were In use among the
lower orders-that Is. among the An
glo-SaxOns-while the diminutives in,
on and ct were more aristocratic and
used by families Of Norman blood.
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The wild strawberry.

The wild stra wberry is very widely
diffused over the surface Of the earth,
being found in the chill regions of the
north as well as in the sunny climes
Of the south. 1t Is not tropical plant,
however. and except on mountain sides
Is not found south of latitude 80 de-
grees north. On the European CONT
nent it grows extensively from Lap
land and the Shetland isles to Italy and
Greece. 1t is also found throughout
western Asia. but is unknown in China
and Japan. 1t has grown abunGantly
on the bleak hills of Iceland for cen
turies. 1t Is found in America from
Labrador and British Columbia to the
pine woods of the southern states and
on the high lands Of Mexico and the
Andes. The hardy plant, with its tiny
scarlet berry. may be said to girdle the
earth on the line Of the polar circle and
several hundred miles southwark, ex.
cept that 1t is not found in the basin Of
the river Amur, in Siberia.
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The family hope and pride, five years
Of age was out of sorts. He didn't
eat well. and he had a slight cold.
Mamma thought the doctor should be
sent for. and papa concurred. The doc
tor looked at the little chaps tongue.
felt his pulse and left some little pills.
The next day he came again. The boys
cold hung on. and so did the doctor.
At the end of the sixth visit. however,
the father thought the patient well
enough. so he paid the doctor off with
the understanding that he need not
come again. Nevertheless. the next
day saw the doctor arrive. and the
day following. Not wishing to offend
him. the family thereupon bundled up
the boy and went away for a visit.
The doctor could not charge for a visit
to locked up house. and that was an
easy way to escape his attentions and
his bill.-New York Press.
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SAVED HIS CAPITAL.


a Deak PresiAent WAs DID Not Fer
ret His Old TiRe Friend.
"Come In In the morning, and the
bank win have something for you to
do" said the president of a Broadway
bank to q meek looking man whose
hair was white and whose eyes were
marked by deep crows feet as he left
the Office, with q bright look Of salts
faction on his face that had not been
there before.
Let me tell you story" said the
president as he motioned to me to re-
main. Il was living In Iowa, and
three city lots composed the capital
that looked to to give me start In
business. I held ON to them for long
time while working for $35 a month
in a real estate office until they had
advanced in value to $1,000, when l
sold them to st. Louis man.
1T was nearly 3 O'Clock, and hur-
ried to the bank. I made out the de-
posit slip and laid 1t, with my gold and
handbook, in front of the receiving
teller.
ut Is closing time now he said.
and you had better not make your de-
posit until morning.
Charley said, for I knew him
well, that IL ridiculous. 1t Is half
minute before closing time. and l In
sist that you take my deposit. l don't
want to be robbed Of all that have on
earth before morning.
81 viii fix it for you,' he said as he
gathered up the money and handbook
and disappeared in the vault with
them. In a minute he was back. and
was astonished at his actions.
"I have put 1t in my private box
he continued. where it will be safe.
and in the morning you can make the
deposit ii you want to-
Next morning the banks failure
was announced.
II hurried to Charley's house, which
was near by. and asked him about the
bank.
"'Yes. 1t has failed and won't pay a
cent he said. Just Ave minutes be.
fore you came in with your money yes
terday the directors decided not to
open this morning. I was told to give
out no information until business hours
today. and that Is the reason l didn't
tell you. Ii you had made your de-
post, the money would have all gone.
Now it is safe In my box, and you can
have it any moment you please
II did get It. and 1t was the fOunda.
ton of my fortune. The man who was
just here Is that Charley and was the
teller who saved my capital for me-"
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THE YANADIs OF INDIA.
Some Of the Peculiar Customs q
This Queer Tribe.

Some Of the Peculiar Customs q
This Queer Tribe.
In the Nellore district of the Madras
presidency live the Yanadis, strange
tribe, as may be seen from a report
which has been issued by the authori-
ties of the Madras government muse
um. They live in forests and that they
are little removed from sayagery is
indicated by the absence Of implement
tai or monumental material, the ami
mistic nature of their religion. the
primitive hunting and fishing methods
followed by many Of the tribe and the
habit Of eating the almost raw flesh
Of the game they kill after slightly
heating or scorching 1t. They are fear
less in catching cObras, which they
draw out of their holes without any
fear of their fangs, and it is supposed
that they protect themselves against
the effects Of snake bites by swallow
ing the poison sacs of the snakes. Es-
pecially singular is the manner in
which they produce fire by friction.
For this purpose they prepare two
stocks, one short. the other long. In
the former a square cavity is made,
and it is held firmly in the ground
while the long stock is twirled rapidly
to and fro in the hole. Instead of
charcoal powder they use rags or even
dried leaves. which they find little diff.
ficulty In lighting.
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Brougham and Mulled Port,

Lord Brougham, who US member
Of the house Of commons was a most
abstemiOus man. upon his promotion
to the peerage acquired less commend
able habits. During his long and i'm
passioned appeal to the lords to re-
frain from rejecting the reform bill
of 1882 five tumblers of mulled port,
with dash Of brandy. were brought
to him at intervals" When he came
to his last sentence CT warn you, /
implore you-yea. on my Bonded knee
| supplicate you-reject not this bilp')
he knelt on the woolsack, whence he
slipped to the floor. 1t is recorded In
the Lives of the Lord Chancellors'
that "he remained some time as il in
prayer. but his friends. alarmed lest
he should be suffering from the effects
OF mulled port, picked him up and
placed him safely on the woolsack."
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Man. Wonderful stomach.

The human stomach Possesses most
wonderful powers of adaptation to III.
cumstances. When Lieutenant RlicA
and his eighteen men were cast n
from the Bounty by the mutineess n
an open boat, they subsisted for fcrty.
one days on a daily allowance Of one
twenty fifth of a pound Of biscuit NJ
man and quarter of a pint OF water
DR.. Tanner in 1880 tasted for form
days, subsisting, it is said, on water
alone. and Succi and other fasting men
have since excelled this.
Kaftirs. North American Indians and
the fat boy in Pick wick" may wen
be quoted as fearful examples Of ~
racity, but even their gastronomic fcats
are exceeded by the full grown Eskl
mo. who will daily eat twenty pounds
of flesh and Oil il he has the chance
while on the authority of Admiral Sars
itchef Yakut Of Siberia has heen
known to consume In twenty.four
hours ''the hind quarter OF large 81,
twenty pounds of fat and quantity
Of melted butter for his drinky'
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a STORY OF cEsAp
Ths Quality of Mercy a.
by the Great Rom.-

80 Suasy OF Mercy as Er.,..
by the Great Roman.
Caesar travelled with the ra+,n-
man OF rank, and on his va. :
Rhodes he fell in with an advs.. Y
which may be something mors a =
legend. When he was cross;s 'uan
Egcan, his vessel is said TO hara s !, 'ae
taken by pirates. They carried 1 50.
TO Pharmacusa, an island OF TIA ~ y
rian coast. which was then in thass -
session, and there he was detainaa !.
SIX weeks with three Of his attends. "
while the rest Of his servants -.a
sent to the nearest Roman sfat,. ~
raise his ransom. 'a =
The pirates treated him with no,,.
ness. He joined IN their sports n ps,''e.
games with them, looked intn r' J.
habits and amused himself with ~ NC
as well as he could. frankly tam, ma
them at the same time that they ue.,s
be hanged. "0s'c
The ransom. a very large one a..
10000. was brought and paid cnss ss
was set upon the mainland, near ~
ietus. where. without a momon.,s
delay. he collected some armed ve.s,s'
returned to the island, seized 4.
whole crew while they were divide
their plumber, and took them AVA =
Pergamus. the seat of government 4
the Asiatic province. where they va,s.
convicted and crueified. Clemency ma
not a Roman characteristic. Il -.
therefore noted with some K,,rnr,..
that Cesar intereeded to mitigate m.
severity Of the punishment. The noo.
wretches were strangled before they
were stretched on their crosses mn
were spared the prolongation Of their
torture.-James Anthony Froude.
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In trade the rose is very valuable, as
the affairs of India and Persia sell at
a very high price, and there are large
districts of rose gardens in which men
and women are employed. the harvest
months being March and April. In
Turkey also rose farming is largely
carried on, and very fine altar is got
from the rose grown in Kashmir
Even rosewater is luxury which is
by no means to be despised as to price,
but the altar Of roses is immensely
costly. and 1t takes an enormous num-
Der of flowers to distil even a few
drops.
The altar is said to have been first
discovered by the favorite wife of
Jehan Jeer, through whose garden ran
q canal of rosewater, on the surface Of
which the begun found a few drops
of the precious altar or Oil floating.
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INDIAN AND BUFFALO.
How the Latter Turned Hunter and
Chased the Red Man.

How the Latter T1rneA Hunter ana
Chased the Red Man.
A retired officer Of the Northwest
mounted police who took part in Mis-
souri, buffalo run forty years ago de-
scribes the impression ut the time as
Of an earthquake. The galloping
horses, the rocking mass Of fleeing buff
falo, the rumbling and quaking Of the
ground under the thunderous pound
ing. were all like violent earthquake.
The same gentleman tells how he once
saw a wounded buffalo turn ON an In
dian hunter. The mans horse took
fright. Instead Of darting sideways to
give him chance to send q last finish
ing shot home the horse became wildly
manageable and fed. The buffalo
pursued. or they rushed. rider and
buffalo, the Indian craning over his
horses neck, the horse blown and
tagged and unable to gain one pace
ahead Of the buffalo. the great angry
beast covered with foam, with eyes
like fire. pounding and pounding. closer
and closer to the horse till rider and
buffalo disappeared over the horizon.
ITO this day have wondered what
became of that Indian" said the off,
Ger, ''for the horse was losing and the
buffalo gaining when they went behind
the bluff" This incident illustrates a
trait seldom found in wild animals. a
persistent vindictiveness.-A. G. Laut
In Outing.
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a curious and not uncommon eled
Of lightning is the formation Of certain
arborescent or treelike marks upon TIE
body. BY early observers they were
believed to be due to the presence q
neighboring objects. which were pro
tographed upon the skin. Various e.
plantations We're offered by different au'
thorities. Richardson has shown by e..
pertinent that the blood is the best elec'.
trical conductor Of all human tissues
and that these marks are merely toe
impressions Of the blood vessels on ine|
skin. due to the action Of the Lightning
on the blood in the vessels. Exchange
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Tenny.en,. Tactles.ne...

Several stories are told of Tcnnys
sons thoughtless speeches. What ish
is this2" he once asked his hostess
where he was dining. whiting" she
replied. THE meanest fish there izs
he remarked. quite unconscious that be
could have wounded any ones feelins1
Yet his Kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through it for fear his hostess might
be vexed.
On one occasion Tennyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton. a neighbaf
at Freshwater. The next day be cane
to her house with a great cabbage
under each arm.
II heard you like these. SO brought
them" be said genially. Ii was hB
idea Of peace offering.
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It Wa. Up.

There was newly welded pair
whose honeymoon trip took them across
the Atlantic. The bride had been
something Of yachtswoman and was
not affected by the swell, but her mate
was bad sailor and took to the rail
late on the first day out. She did what
she could to comfort him, but he was
difficult. She thought touch of the
romantic might get him out OF his
mood. SO she tried this:
THE moon is up; isn't it, darling?
"Yes." he said languidly-''tha is, If
I swallowed t."-Philadelphia Times.
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c.,..soroush ..a HI. Carrier

Ga1AsboFOuGh aA0 His Carrier.
One Of the earliest members Of the
Royal academy. 1t was Gainsborough's
custom to have his pictures conveyed
to the metropolis by prosperous Lon
don carrier, Mr.. Wiltshire Of Shock.
erwick. near Bath. This man refused
to accept payment on the ground that
he loved pictures too well. He was
not, however. allowed to 60 unreward-
ed, for Gainsborough presented him
with six Of his best works. and some
idea Of their ultimate value may be
gained from the fact that when at
length they were sold the National gal
lery secured two. 1.-THE Parish Clerk of
Bradford-on-Avon." for 500 guineas,
and 1.-THE Harvest Wagon" for $500.
these prices being considered low.
Later 1.-THE Sisters from another gal
lery realized close upon 10000.
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Hope Springs Eternal.

The patience of fishermen who really
love the sport is the theme of many
stories. One is told by a man who,
travelling on foot through part Of Eng
land. came upon solitary fisherman
who looked as If time and the world
might pass away without disturbing
his content.
Have you fished long in this
stream" asked the traveller.
Eighteen year." was the calm re-
Spouse.
Get many bites?" was the next
question.
The fisherman scarcely turned his
gaze from the rod in his hands.
Five year ago in this very spot
had q fine bite" he answered hope
fully.
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Fenr.

Fear causes more disease than oe
microbes, more deaths than fan1lns'
more failures than panics; i cosl.
more than war, is always failure ana
is never necessary. Fear weakens Im
hearts action, induces congestion "
vites Indigestion. produces poisos
through decomposing foods and y Inr
the mother Of autopoisoning, which g
Their directly causes or greatly a'0s Y
the production of quite 90 per cent y
all our diseases.-G. F. Meacham' =
D., in Health.
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The Parental Plot.

''Nellie, DEAR" whispered the WE
ington youth. IT see my mother Y.
yours are in earnest conversation w
there. wonder what they're talh'1s
about"
Maybe" said the Washington ~.
en-, with a bright blush. "they 49,
they're holding a steering coinns'
meeting."-Chicago Tribune.
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He was Only the Master.

George" exclaimed Mrs. Ferguson,
with flashing eyes, 'am I the mistress
Of this house or am not?"
"You certainly are" replied Mr.. Fer
guson. with alacrity. whats the mat
ter now?"
1--WE discharged that impudent hired
girl. and she refuses to leave. / want
you to 60 to the kitchen and bundle her
out, neck and cropv'
Settle it between yourselves, Laura, !"
said Mr.. Ferguson weakly. Il won't
have anything to do with it. I'm only
the master Of the house."-Chicago
Tribune.
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The Secretary of the Navy has
q queer idea which is exciting no
little comment and some constel i.
nation among the parlor sailors
who for a number of years, have
had easy, pleasant places in
Washington, where their most
arduous duties consisted of at
tendance at receptions, parties
and balls, and drawing their sal
aries. The Secretary's idea is
that these gentlemen ought to dc
some work and so also he thinks
ought those hardy sea dogs who
are engaged in lecturing at Chau-
tauquas like Hobson, and explor-
ing unknown regions as Lieut..
Perry has been doing. Orders
have been issued to a great num-
Der of officers, including the two
named, to report at once for sea
duty. They do not like it, but
rather than give up their salaries,
most of them will obey and will
await a change of administration
and the advent of q Secretary not
quite 80 particular.
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TutelaFY Trees.

Ancient people had their tutelary
trees just as they had their tutelary
gods-the former being the affairs and
shrines Of the latter. Among the Scan
dinayians the ash was held to be the
most sacred tree. Serpents, according
to their belief. dared not approach it.
Hence the women left their children
with entire confidence under its shade
while they went on with their harvest.
ing.-Gentleman's Magazine.
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Mature and Poetry.

Environment aids poetry. but does
not create 1t. Nature is the grand
agent In making poetry, and poetry ia
present wherever nature Is. 1t spar
kles on the sea. CLOVIS in the rainbow,
flashes from the lightning and the star,
peals In thunder, roars In the cataract
and sings on the winds Poetry is
Gods image reflected in nature, as In
. mirror. and nature Is present wher-
ever man ID.
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away. Few things are 80 condu-
Give to q cheerful spirit as that
habit Of mind which takes delight
in the common and ordinary
things of life. The songs of birds
and the fragrance of flowers, the
bright sky and the fresh grass,
the mirth of children, the interest
of home, the society of friends,
the days vacation, when a longer
one is denied, the thousand little
acts of kindness and courtesy,
that cost 80 little and mean so
much-such things, and their
name is legion, may, if they are
permitted, fill up the life with
gladness and the heart with cheer
fulness. But when they are push
ed aside as not worth attention,
and every nerve is strained to the
utmost after costly and far off
illusions, it is no wonder that the
starved capacity for happiness
should dwindle away, and that a
gloomy discomfort, born of hope
long deferred, should drive the
smile from the lips and the cheer
from the heart.
Other means of nourishing a
cheerful spirit will readily suggest
themselves. The books that are
read; the conversation INDUCED
in; the associates chosen; the
employments pursued, all have
their influence in exalting or de-
pressing the mind. Selfishness in
all its forms is a permanent foe to
cheerfulness. There is, perhaps,
no more prolific source of discon-
tent and gloom than that which
the selfish man finds in his narrow
aims and bafled desires. But
where the emphasis of life is laid
on what is good and noble; where
the life is spent in following truth
and duty; where the affections are
kept alive and warm by sympathy
and kindly deeds, there the bless
ing of q cheerful spirit will be
sure tn follow.
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An Apt SUGGESTION.

The Rev. Samuel Longfellow was a
poet, as well as was his more eminent
brother. He was the compiler of a
hymnbook for churches, in which work
he was assisted by a fellow clergyman
OF the same Christian name. On ap-
plying to third member of the pro-
fession to give the book a title the lat
ter suggested that it be called the Sam
hook
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The Dostea hoy.

"Lookin' fer a birds nest, sonny?"
asked the good Datured westerner Of q
seven-year-old boy whom he met in
Boston Common.
mo. SIR" replied the intellectual
prodigy ~ he continued to gaze up
into the tree. II am merely endeavor-
ing to correctly classify this tree as a
botanical product" Columbus State
Journal.
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A Gentle Hint.

A Gentle Hint.
Lenders-D0 you ever think Of that
ten spot" you borrowed Of me?
Borroughs-Don't worry. l still have
It in mind.
Lenders-Don't you think 1t about
time yen relieved your mind?-Ex-
change.