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Evening star., 1902-05-24

upon little and consequently can work at
low wages. They will not be walking dele
gates to incite trouble among the Jamai-
cans and other West Indians, whom you
import to help along the work.
Nicaragua Ready for the United States.
but would it not take some time to pre-
pare for work upon the Nicaraguan canal
You would have to build railroads and put
up towns. would you not?''
Not at ALL. replied Senor Corea. There
are towns and cities POW along the route
of the canal Lake Nicaragua has many
thriving settlements upon its banks, and
the county about it is rich in plantations
and grazing lands. We could easily feed
all the wC1kmen needed, and we have
water and railroad communications which
would put your supplies just where you
want them. We have now one of the most
progressive rulers of this hemisphere, Gen
Jose Santos ZcTaya. He was educated in
Europe and has Travelled widely He is. very
broad in his views and he realizes that the
canal will greatly help our country. and
people. He viii do all that he can to aid
your government and VIII grant all neces-
saTy concessions. At first it was proposed
Evening star., 1902-05-24

pockets in the construction of the Nicara-
qua canal. The labor cost at Panama will
be far greater than at Nicaragua. The eX-
travagance Of the French has ruined labor
conditions there. You will not be able to
get workmen for less than 81 per day
while At Nicaragua they will not cost more
than fifty cents per day. This means that
We can save YOU three-fOurths Of the labor
expense of the work. Our labor is better
than that of Panama. We have the In
dians, who are easily managed; they live
Evening star., 1902-05-24
Somewhat Different.

From the Chicago News.
HiX-"Windig evidently is not man who
hides his light under a bushel.'
Dix-"You bet he isn't. On the contrary
he considers himself the whole electric
power house and imagines the town would
be in total darkness If he happened to
break down."
Evening star., 1902-05-24
No Cause for Worry

From the Chicago Tribune.
20, dearv exclaimed Mrs. Pneer wiring
ing her hands, Il sent Johnny with a nickel
to buy some milk and he accidentally swal-
lowed the money What shall l do?'
Dor said Mr.. Pneer. Take a nickel
out Of his savings bank and send him
again."
Evening star., 1902-05-24
Ambition.
From Puck.

"And just think Of him wantin' her to
elope!''
Yes: but she wouldn't. She said she was
bound to have a swell weddin' even il she
had to wait till she was eighteenr'
Evening star., 1902-05-24
Fixing the Blame.

From the Chicago News
She-"Let me see, who was it that said
Art is long?"
He.'Some artless poet who was short. I
imagine"
Evening star., 1902-05-24
The Yearly Sequence.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Now April comes with mild March winds,
Then May with April showers,
And pretty soon We II have glad June
With all its sweet May flowers,
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Harvesting Crops

Besides the corn they also grow water
melon, peppers and sQuashes, and in IA
yored spots cotton and peaches. On the
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ARIZONA FARMING
How the Moki Indians Raise
Corn and Watermelons.
A 30 RIGIN AL WAYS
THE WOMEN NEVER HAVE TO
TOLL IN THE FIELDS.
Young Girls Sing Weirdly While They
Grind-Epicurean
Tastes.
ritten for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
In his original state the North American
Indian was generally more of n farmer
than most people are willing to believe.
Long before the whites came to this con-
tinent he was, in many localities, reap
ing tolerably good crops. In the eastern
portions of the continent, they were usually
planted and tended by the women. the men
occupying themselves at hunting or fight
ing. Thus the relegation of the farming
to the women was merely a division of
labor made necessary by the condition of
tribal society in certain regions at that
period
Their only grain was what has since
been called Indian corn, not because it
was derived from India, as its name in
dicates, but because it was discovered in
the possession of the aborigines here who,
in their turn, through the mistake Of the
first Spaniards, had been enormously term
ed Indians. The proper name for this
corn is maize, of course. Just where 1t
originated cannot now be positively de-
termined but ii is supposed to have been
found on the table-land Of Mexico and TO
have spread from there over the entire
western hemisphere.
However, that may be, the red folk had
long been supplied with 1t when first en-
countered by the whites, and We're some
times able to furnish it for subsistence to
the starving settlers. The methods of cul-
tivation employed were simple, but they
produced good crops. Each region had diff
ferent ways Of preparing corn for eating,
but the limits of this article preclude any
extended description of this side of the
matter.
The cultivation was in the main similar.
The method may be studied today among
the Mokis of America. who have changed
less from their original condition. perhaps,
than any other Indian tribe within the
borders OF the United States. They are
still planting and tending maize after the
custom of their fathers who never saw
plough.
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Dodging a Pool Room Raid.

The tenants Of rear flats in a number Of
swagger apartment buildings up on the
west side of Harlem were treated to a
somewhat unusual spectacle few after
Moons age About o. clock in the afternoon
they saw a large number of richly-gowned
women, young for the most part, climbing
onto fire escape in the rear of a fat on
the fourth floor of a fiat building on the
next street below. This spectacle at first
caused the beholders to suppose that the
women were escaping from fire; but there
was no visible smoke, nor any other indi-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08

ing could be seen of them at sea. A
few minutes later all of a sudden, as
1t seemed. the French squadron was
gliding past the Spit Fork to pick up
its moorings at Spithead, close along
side the British Channel squadron.
French Gray-Dray Tint.
1t was the triumph of toile mouillee,
that mysterious grayish-drab color,
which puzzled so many people until
the secret came out that 1t was simply
the color of wet rag wrung out The
French had been experimenting quietly
at Cherbourg by painting a ship on
one side the ordinary black, the COM
mon color in all navies, and on the
and then turning the ship round and
round to test the contrasts of visibility.
Finally an ingenious officer hit upon
toile mouillee itself. That color, how
ever, has now been somewhat discred-
tied by the fact that the searchlight
picks 1t up very quickly at night, as,
indeed. it should be said. the search
light also does with the German regu-
lation colors Of the present time, gray
and khaki.
Now as to what 1--WE ourselves are
and have been doing in the matter.
We all know how British men-of-war
are ordinarily painted-just as they
appeared, in fact, at Spithead three
weeks ago-battleships and cruisers
with black hulls, white superstruc-
tures,' barbettes and guns, and pale,
bun color tunnels and masts; destroy
ers and torpedo boats all over a dull
black. That is certainly not what our
warships would look like in war time,
but up to the present the admiralty
has not yet decided definitely what the
color of the war paint shall be. For
one thing. our ships have to serve all
the world over. and under all condi-
lions of light and shade in every sea.
British Experiments.
During the last : seventeen years
various suggestions on this subject
have been made and various expert
ments tried, some officially, more I'M
officially. Indeed, at the present time
experiments are in progress with the
Channel Squadron in regard to this
very matter 1t was at the time of
the Russian war scare in 1886 that the
question first forced itself on the minds
of the authorities. In view of possible
hostihties with Russia all our mobil-
lied ships were ordered to be colored,
tunnels, masts and hulls, with what
was officially termed neutral tint"
sort of gray, with a reddish tinge,
was considered the most suitable COL
or, but the order was framed in gem
eral terms, and no detailed instructions
as to the composition of ingredients
to be used We're, issued. The results
proved unsatisfactory, owing to the
many distinct shades of gray which
were used by the various ship paint
ers. 1t was not an unusual thing, We
are told, to see in consequence three
ships berthed together, one showing up
reddish gray, the second a BLUSH
gray and the third nearly white. Yet
all were in accordance with official
orders, and passed as neutrally
painted
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
OBITUARY.


A telegram bearing the sad intelli-
gence of the death of Mrs. Lila Screven
Atkinson in Atlanta was received by
Capt Thomas F. Screven yesterday
afternoon. His son, Mr.. John Screven,
left last night for Brunswick. the
home of Mrs. Atkinson, where the
funeral will take place this after
noon.
Mrs. Atkinson was the wife Of Judge
Samuel C. Atkinson. a prominent mem
Der of the Georgia bar and judge of the
City Court of Brunswick She was a
daughter Of the late Col. John Screven,
by his second marriage. She leaves. be-
sides her husband, a daughter, Miss
Nellie Atkinson, and a sister, Mrs.
Thomas Arnold of North Carolina. She
was sc years of age.
Mrs. Atkinson had relatives and
many friends here who learn with
great sorrow of her death. She was a
woman OF great force of character and
of rare intellectual attachments, pos
sessed of a wonderfully deep and re-
tentive and highly cultured mind.
Faithful to her friends, thoughtful and
unselfish always, and endowed with the
traits of a truly Christian character,
she led life in every wise exemplary
During the last years of her life she
was an invalid. Some time ago she
was placed in a sanitarium in Atlanta,
with the hope that her health would
mend. Recognizing a few days ago that
she was even then enduring her last
Illness, her relatives moved her to
the home of her brother, Judge Spen-
Ger r. Atkinson. where she died. Her
death is shock to her many friends
in Savannah and elsewhere, who rec
ognize in her death the loss of a sin
cere friend and a woman of highest
Christian character.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
CoLoRs FOR wARsnPs.
What Is the Best to Render Vessels
Safe From DiscOveryt

What Is the Best to Render Vessels
Safe From DiscOveryt
From London Court Circular.
What is the best fighting color for
battleship? That is burning question
of the hour with most navies just now.
Each navy also has its own opinion
on the subject, or is doing it's best by
means of more or less elaborate exper-
iments to form one. Also no two navies
so far, it would seem. are agreed as to
the practical value of the results OBJ
tanned. The question is one of vital
Importance, for in these times, when
1000 yards range is considered the
normal fighting distance for a battle
between fleets, the fate of battle may
well turn on the point of visibility or
invisibility Of the ships on either side
at the outset, when the firing first be-
gins. Torpedoes and heavy quick firing
guns have at length brought the con-
ditions of warfare at sea to this.
German Ships Blue-Gray.
First as to what certain foreign ma
vies are doing. The practical minded
Germans have two colors in particular
under consideration. One color is blue
gray, which peculiar hue is generally
dQOpl6u Throughout Tie hdlS6i nav y
for all battleships and cruisers. The
whole ship from masthead to water
line, tunnels, fighting tops, superstruc-
ture, the very guns themselves, are
painted over all blue-gray. The result
is exceedingly neat and very trim and
workmanlike indeed, as everybody ad-
mitted who saw Prince Henry of Prus-
sia's flagship, the great battleship Kali
ser Friedrich III. at Spithead the other
day on the occasion of the assemblage
of foreign ships for King Edward s
coronation review.
Dlue-gray has the undoubted advant-
age, that ships so painted are not cas-
lily distinguished in the daytime on the
horizon, or, indeed, at intermediate dis
tances until quite close, from the gem
eral color of the sea and sky. It min
giles we'll, too, with a background of
distant land, and is also hard to make
out clearly where there Is powder
smoke about.
Khaki Color for War.
For their coast defense and home
service vessels and torpedo boats and
destroyers the practical German Min
istry of Marine has adopted, after a
series of trials in the North Sea in
varying conditions of light and shade,
a cinnamon yellow as the war color
the color in fact, that most nearly
approaches the appearance of the wa
ter in the North Sea and Baltic at
distance. The experiments have shown
that ships painted cinnamon yellow
practically khaki, as we should say
can approach much nearer an enemy
before being detected by the lookouts
than any other. The Germans. how
ever. profess to preserve an open mind
on the subject, and to consider these
colors as only tentative
On the other hand. the French (and
the Russians as welD are constantly
changing their minds on the subject.
Ten or eleven years ago the French
considered that they had settled the
question once for all Many people
will remember the sensation that was
caused at Spitehead in 1891, when Ad-
miral Gervais visited us at the head of
a French squadron. It was a dull and
squally afternoon, and at the hour the
French were expected to arrive moth
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08

James Fraser, that I've toiled and
shaved all these years that you might
have a comfortable place in which TO
throw off your prison letters at your
leisure? Do you think that this shame
and disgrace mean nothing to me-the
knowledge that our name is blighted,
and that, wherever we go, we are like
1y to be pointed at and scorned? Do
you think 1 can brush this knowledge
aside, as l would brush away a fly?
Do you think 1 have enjoyed shaving
ten hours a day. with this remem-
brance raging at my heart and brain!
And what does your coming out mean
to me?'' she cried shrilly, her eyes
aflame and her bosom heaving. ut
means ruin-ruin. Margie and I have
moved. People where we are now don t
know you. They don't even know that
/ have husband! They respect US,
and now our lives will be ruined for
the second time, and-by your hand!"
At her first words Fraser had sprung
up like man shot through the heart.
He swayed as he stood leaning heavily
against the rock.
Molly" he gasped. You never
said
mo, I never said anything" she in
terrupted. IT'S been eating my heart
out, and you never even suspected it.
l never can live with you again. she
said coldly. Her eyes repealed him.
She extracted a shabby pocketbook
from her dress, and with shaking fin
gers undid the fastenings. II have
brought you some money" she said
shortly. II do this. as 1 have done
all the rest. because you were once
my husband. and because 1 still bear
your name, but now have done my
duty and this is the end Of 1. She
extended the money rigidly.
He tossed it contemptuously over the
rock. The beautiful virgin sky had
suddenly grown dark. With a fierce
pang he felt wild rush of longing for
the solitude of his prison cell. At this
moment his wife seemed less a woman
to him than a disturbing element in
his long cherished plans. He flushed
darkly. To wait three years-for this!
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
IN S0MALlLAND.

Col. Swayne Has Been Recalled and
Gen. Manning Pushing the Adj
vance.
Berbera, East Africa, Nov. 7.-Col.
Swayne, formerly British commander
in Somaliland. who has been recalled
to England, is i'll. He started for home
to-day.
Gen. Manning, who succeeds Col.
Swayne. is pushing the preparations for
an advance against the Mullah but he
Is hampered in his efforts by the fact
that the country has so few resources
and the consequent necessity of await
ing supplies.
The Mullah is Fronting by the delay
In the start of the British expedition
He has advanced to within a few
miles of Bohotle
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Established in WnycrOss-City and
County to Be benefited.

Waycross. Ga, Nov. THE Way
cross Chamber of Commerce has at
last been established on business ba-
sis, and an office has been opened in
Youmans' Block, on Elizabeth street
Mr.. j. Mitt Wells, formerly chief clerk
in the Office of Mr.. George w. Haines,
a superintendent on the Plant System
of Railways, has been employed as sec
rotary for one year, and will devote his
entire time in looking after the inter-
ests of Waycross and Ware county. Mr..
Wells office is in the Chamber of
Commerce rooms. The people of Way
cross have subscribed something over
$500 per month for one year to the
Chamber of Commerce, and this
amount will be increased by additionas
contributions. The chamber will en-
courage industries of every kind who
are looking for locations to come to
Waycross, and will endeavor to bring
settlers here to locate on some of the
unoccupied land, which lies in thou
sands of acres within a few miles of
this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
WADSWORTH ARRESTED.
For killing Striking NIiner-Re
leased on $500 Bail.

Pittsburg, Nov. Private Arthur
Wadsworth of the Eighteenth Regi-
ment, N. G. p, who shot and killed
William Durham while the regiment
was on strike duty in the anthracite
coal fields at Shenandoah. was placed
under arrest to-day by Constable Will
liam Shortall of Schuylkill county, who
has held the warrant for him since the
finding of the coroner's jury on the
death of Durham.
Immediately upon the open
ing of sthe State Supreme Court
Deputy Attorney General F'leitz pre-
sented petition for writ of habeas
corpus. stating that Wadsworth was
Illegally restrained, the shooting having
been done while Wadsworth was act
ing In the discharge of his duty. The
Supreme Court ordered a rehearing and
reargument, to be held on the first
Monday in January next at Phi1adel-
phia, and ordered his release on $500
bail
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
Sullivan co.'s necisinn.

Boston, Nov. 7.-Dave Sullivan, of
New York. was awarded the decision
on a foul over Jimmy Briggs of Chel-
sea in the eighth round before the Cri-
terion Athletic Club tonight, and the
boxing wound up on the verge of a
free fight in which most of the spec
tators were jostling Dan Donnelly. the
referee, and Sullivan. Briggs had an
the better of the match, repeatedly
staggering Sullivan with punches to
the Jaw.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08

j. Columbia, S. c., Nov. THE case of
Miss Susie Powers, the 14-year-old girl
of Bennettsville, who is suing the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Company
for $4,000 damages, was called in
court there Wednesday, and is attract
ing unusual interest. Miss Powers had
her foot crushed in April, 1900 while
riding on the railroad turntable, which
was being revolved by other children.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
j. j. Sampson. Chicago.

Chicago Nov. III. ]. Sampson, the
last survivor of the famous Cardiff
Giant" humbug, died in this city to-
day. Mr.. Sampson had no part in the
exhibition of the giant. but assisted in
the making of the figure. He was
marble cutter and worked at his trade
in carving the giant. One of his sons
said to-day that his father always said
that the work was done in a barn To-
Gated near Lincoln Park in this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
Mr.. WHITES BIRTHDAY.

He Gets MementOes From President
and other Prominent People.
Berlin, Nov. 7-Ambassador White
opened to-day the letter which Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent him several weeks
ago to be opened on his SEVENTEEN
birthday. MIR. Roosevelt said Mr..
White had served his country as few
citizens had had the opportunity to
do and thanked him personally and in
the name of the people for his serv-
ices. Mr.. White received many tele-
grams during the day from the United
States and Europe. The members of
the diplomatic corps, a number of uni
versity professors and members of the
Reichstag and many government off,
Gals called at the embassy.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
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POPE RECEIVED ARCHBISHOP.

And COnversed with Him Animated
ly for Half an Hour.
Rome, Nov. THE Pope to-day re-
ceived Archbishop Chapelle In private
audience and conversed with him ami
matedly for half an hour, showing evil
dence of keen interest in the affairs of
the diocese of New Orleans. and in
matters connected with Cuba and Por-
to Rico. subsequently Archbishop Cha =
pelle presented to the pontiff fifteen
young Cubans who are studying here
for the priesthood.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
VETERANS IN SESSION.
New Camp of U. c. V. in Macon Meets
and Organixes.

new CaAnp Oh u Z. v. IN Macon Meets
and Organizes.
Macon. Ga, Nov. THE first meet
ing of the new. camp of Confederate
veterans of this city which received a
charter about a week ago was held
tonight at Anderson's Music Hail. The
charter was accepted, the organization
projected and officers elected for the
ensuing year, as follows: Comman-
der, Col. Isiah Hardeman; adjutant,
Capt. ]. w. Wilcox chaplain, Rev.
George G. Smith; commissary
and quartermaster, Capt. r. j. Ander-
son; treasurer, A. r. Tinsley: surgeon,
DR.. Charles H. Hall. A petition was
presented both from the S. U. C. ".
and from the D. U. c. u, asking that
they be allowed to become auxiliary
members of the camp.
The petitions were referred,
committee to report at the next
meeting. The new camp has thirty
four members, twenty-five of whom
are charter members.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
Quesada Instructed.

Havana, Nov. president Palma is
authority for the statement that in
structions regarding the drawing up of
the commercial treaty between Cuba
and the United States. have been sent
to Senior Quesada, Cuban minister at
Washington. President Palma says he
has every reason to believe that Senior
Quesada was in consultation last Mon
day with Secretary Hay with regard
70 this treaty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
Want steSnhart Consul.

Havana, Nov. THE Cuban press is
at present making a campaign for the
appointment of Frank Steinhart as
United States consul general at Ha-
vana. Mr. Steinhart has had charge of
the department of military records. 1t
is understood that President Palma has
intimated to Washington that Mr..
Steinhart would be persona grata to
the Cuban government
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
n. Beardsley, ithaca. N. Y.

Ithaca, N. Y, Nov. 7.-Roswell
Beardsley of North Lansing, who was
the Oldest postmaster in point of SER
vice in the United States, having held
that position for seventy-four years,
died at his home to-day at the age Of
80 years. He was a director of the
Tomkins County National Bank at
Ithaca at the time Of his death.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
KNOCKED Out Fnrren-

Baltimore, Nov. Tony Moran of
Philadelphia knocked out Jimmie Far
rem OF this city tonight in the fourth
fore the Eureka Athletic Club. Far
rem seemed to be strong when the
final blow reached him. He was car
ried from the ring by his seconds, but
recovered in a few minutes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
HELD FOR TRIAL
On a Charge of Violent Assault on
the Person of an Editor.

San Francisco, Nov. Thomas H.
Williams. Jr., president of the Califor-
MIA Jockey Club, and Truxto Beale.
formerly United States minister to
Persia, were held to-day for trial by
the Superior Court for assault with in
tent to kill on Frederick Marriott, edi
tor of the News Letter last Septem-
Der. Their bonds were fixed at s10,0 900
each
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08

Prague, Bohemia. Nov. 7.-Aloi Muel-
ler who, with Peter Won Schlecta, had
been on trial since Oct %, CHARGED
with trafficking in forged patents of
nobility, was sentenced to-day to two
years Imprisonment.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-08
TRYING ARAN0.
Spain Holds Congratulations Upon
Cuba's Freedom as Treason.

Madrid, Nov. The trial of Sabine
Arano. leader of the autonomist party
in the Bas Fue provinces, charged
with having sent congratulatory ca
blegram TO President Roosevelt last
spring on the granting of Cuban inde-
pendence. began at Bilbao to-day. The
public prosecutor took the ground that
Senior Arano's telegram to the Presi-
dent infringed the integrity and dignity
of Spain and he demanded that SEN
tence of eight years imprisonment be
imposed on the prisoner.