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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-03
WEsT END LINE.


Car leaves west side of City Market
for Lincoln Park 600 a. m. and every
40 minuteD thereafter until 1880 D. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market
$40 a. m. and every 40 minutes there,
after until 1900 o'clock midnight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-03
Cured Of Asthma
After Years of Terrible s,,,,.

N ieais OF terrible Sufferiru
Mary Josephine Bezy, Floyd Knob =,
writes: After suffering untold lind 4hd,
Ior 50 years from Asthma, was cns soiies
Schitfmann's Asthma Cure. Iused 10y - o.
bad thatIc could not move without bs Al oe $50 50
lean now do all my own work" An 'p.Dul
writes; My little boy7 years ola Lt
been sufferer for several years saI uas
times so bad off that we could not bol SO ii
In bed, expecting any moment for I'm I'm
breathe his last. Doctors did him n I'm "a %
and we had almost given nm in d Az sood
when through accident we heard of So pptt,
mann's Asthma Cure, tried "A sD5 !.
almost instantly relieved him" Mr. y
Harris, Elbow p O., Va. ~
Sold BY all druggists at SOC and sim
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-03

The Populist party of Georgia was
not big enough to make the election
interesting.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-03

Jay Cooke. the famous financier. is
believed to be very near death. He is
the man who negotiated nearly all of
the immense loans made by the United
States government during the Civil
War. His firm handled over s.. 600 900. 900
for the government, and it's profit. it is
said, did not exceed $500, 900. Referring
to these facts, the Baltimore Sun asks.
What would have been Mr.. j. P.
Morgan's profit" if he instead of Mr..
Cooke haG financed the governments
lcans3 Mr.. Morgan is alleged to have
received a profit of 500 .0o0, 900 for
financing the United States Steel Cor
poration, with a capital Of 81, 40O, 900, 900.
At that rate he would have received
about $l5O,OOO.0QG for performing the
services which brought Jay Cooke a
begEarly 100000,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-03

Mr.. Morgan's steel corporation syn
dictate, which was called upon for only
SIS. 100000 of the 100000 900 for which
it was responsible. has just received
fourth dividend of per cent, equal
to $l0,OO000O. The syndicate has.
therefore, received $4,000, 900 profit in
a year on its actual investment of s25.-
100000, or at the rate of 100 per cent.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
Forestalled.

A retired sea captain and lawyer,
who were always at loggerheads, lived
next door to each other. One very
windy night the lawyer was reading a
book in his study when a terrible crash
upstairs startled him.
Upon investigation he found that IA
chimney had hurled itself through his
roof, doing considerable damage, and
soon discovered that it was the sea cap
tain's chimney. Hastenlng down to his
library he pulled out his law books and
hunted up similar cases, devising and
scheming how he could secure satisfac-
ton from the detestable captain.
While thus engaged note arrived
from his enemy that read as follows:
IF you don't return those bricks at
once | will put the matter in the hands
Of the law."-London TitBlts.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16

participate in these solemnlties. and OF
such there are but twenty,three. the
Supreme Council being limited by the
ritual to thirty-three. one for each State
in the jurisdiction. There are a number
OF honorary members who are permit.
ted to take part in the deliberations OF
the council, but have not the power to
vote.
The Office OF Sovereign Grand Com
mander carries with II a salary of So.
600 per annum. In addition the Grand
Commander is given a residence for life
in the holy house OF the temple.
Here is probably the most interesting
building in the Capital city. 1t is To-
Gated in the heart OF what was once
WashinEton's most fashionable resi-.
dence district. To-day the building
spacious three-story brick with white
stone trimmings and its contents are
valued at Sl5O,o00. II belongs to the
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
Waste of Postage,

The lawyers were discussing the
merits and demerits of well-known
member of the New Orleans bar who
had been gathered to his fathers, and
one of the party, says the TimesDemo-
crat, recalled the time when he studied
in the old mans office.
We had copying clerk whose inefii-
cheney continually worked the Judge up
to a point of explosion. one day wire
basket fell off the top of his desk and
scratched his check. Not having any
court-plaster, he slapped on three post
age stamps and went on with his work.
A little later he had some papers to
take to the United States Court, and
forgetting all about the stamps, he put
on his hat and went out.
AS he entered the office the Judge
raised his head and fixed him with an
astonished stare. The clerk stopped and
looked frightened, and finally asked:
"Anythlng-e slr?'
"Yes. sir!' thundered the old gentle
man. You are carrying too much post
age for second-class matter"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
A CONGRESSMAN TAXES
RANK or KING EDWARD.

Congressman James d. Richardson,
Of Tennessee, Democratic leader of the
House of Representatives, has received
the highest Office in the gift of Scottish
Rite Masons and he, therefore, ranks
as a Mason with King Edward VII. and
President Diaz Of Mexico. The Supreme
Council Of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurlsdc-
ton of the United States met in Wash
ington to celebrate its centennial. Upon
the death of Sovereign Grand Com
mander Thos. II. Caswell. of San Fran.
cisco, a few months ago, Mr.. Richard
son, as Deputy Grand Commander as
sumed the active duties of the exalted
position.
Ceremonies befitting, almost, the cor
onation Of king, attend the installa-
ton Of Sovereign Grand Master. Only
active members Of the Supreme Council
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16

our wheels up, Dot, and will take our
tintypes right away"
Dottie paid no attention to her, but
came forward. all smiles and bushes,
with outstretched hand. "Why, Hail.
she said. Il never dreamed that you
had gone in the photo business!
knew you were in HOpetown, of course,
and when Nell suggested that we
should wheel down here and see her
auntie. who lived in this neighbOrhood,
consented, and didn't write to you
last week for fear should let out the
secret. for | wanted to surprise you.
This is my future husband, Mr.. Oak
ley. Miss Curtis, and now come on,
let's get those tintypes."
Dorothy has been my wife for two
happy years. and | have only one Sc
cret from her. That is, that | thought,
even for moment. that she had been
false to me-my own loyal darling!
Reginald Pierce has taken the house
opposite ours. "The twin Dorothys." "
as we call our wives. are inseparable
friends.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
BIRTH OF A FAMOUS HYMN.
Mr.. Sankey's Story of How lie Conn
pnacl :. :. he N1neIN nnL Nin.m

Mr.. Sankey's Story of How lie Com.
posed ".he Ninety aud Nine"
In the Ladies' Home Journal Cleve-
land Monett tells how the greatest Of
all singing evangellstS, Ira ID. Sankey,
came TO give the world a hymn that
will live long after his voice is stilled.
II was during Moody and Sankey's
first visit to Great Britain. As they
were entering the train In Glasgow,
Mr.. Sankey bought a copy OF penny
religious paper called The Christian
Age" Looking over H. his eyes fell
on some verses, the first two lines OF
which read thus:
There were ninety and niue that safely
lay
In the shelter of the fold.
"Mr. Moody" exclaimed MIR. SAN
key, Il have found the hymn that I've
been looking for for years"
what Is IT," asked Mr.. Moody.
ITS about lost sheep"
Two days later. in Edinburgh. they
held great meeting IN the Free AS
sembly Hail. AS Doctor Bonar lin
ished. Mr. Moody leaned over the pull
pit and asked the singer IL he had not
n solo for the occasion. The thought
of the verses he had read in the penny
paper came to Mr.. Sankey's mind. and
opening his scrap-boolS, In which he
had pasted the clipping, he placed 1t be-
fore him on the organ. and after mo-
ment of silent suppllcatlon, struck a
full chord and began to sing. And note
by note came the now famous song.
He composed ii as he went along.
What he sang was the joy that swelled
in his own soul, hope that was born.
the love for those who needed help.
Thus he finished the first stanZa.
Then, as he paused and played a few
chords waiting to begin again. the
thought came to him; "Can | sing the
second stanza as | did the first? Can
| remember the notes?" And concen-
tratlng his mind once more for the
effort he began to sing. So he went
on through for five stanzas and after
the services he put the melody in
music.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
QUEER SToR'ES

Saturn's largest moon ls 2,002 miles
in diameter, slightly smaller than our
own.
AS President Washington first lived
In the house at | Cherry street, the site
of which Is covered by one Of the piers
of the brooklyn bridge. Later he moved
to the Macomb house at 30 Broadway.
There are nine members Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States-one
Chief Justice and eight associate JUS
tices. They are appointed for life by
the President, with the concurrence of
the Senate.
A pigeon In harvest time eats Its own
weight In grain a day. and blackblrd
or thrush will eat Its own weight daily
Of ripe fruit. Many kinds Of birds exist
in summer largely upon plants raised
by man for his food.
In order to obviate the frequent dis
putes as to the ages Of children, the
steamboat authorities In Switzerland
have decided that in every case where
doubt arises the child must be meas
uTtu. All CulluTen unuer TWO Ieet are
to have free passage, while those be-
tween two feet and four feet are to pay
half fares.
The dressing of the hair Is the most
important part OF n Chinese woman's
toilet. The district she comes from
may always be known from the manner
in which she does her hair. 1t also in
dicates her station In life. Young girls,
whether married or single, wear cues.
colling up their hair, as their Western
sisters do, on attaining a certain age.
There are three nut-cracklng plants
In II. Louis, giving employment to con
siderable number OF people, The nut.
crackers are driven by electricity, each
nut being fed individually into the
crusher. After the shells are cracked
the nuts are winnowed by an air blast,
ana the meat Is picked from the crushed
shells by hand, women and girls being
employed for this part OF the work.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
Three Times and Ont.

Mrs. Fosdick was sure she heard the
crash of breaking china In the kitchen,
but she felt she must be mistaken when
she entered and saw the joyous flce OF
her cook.
I'm so glad Oi've broke it, num-"
Bridget said, brimming with delight.
why, it's one Of my best cups" said
Mrs. Fosdick, surveying the remains.
Yes m," added Bridget, cheerfully,
but Oim so glad it's done. Ye see, |
had broke two Of 'em before, an |
knew ord have to break another be-
fore Oi quit, an it's great comfort TO
have 1t all done"
"Well, see that you don't begin on
another three" said Mrs Fosdick,
sternly. y.-Detroit Free Press.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
CROOKED GAMBLING TOOLS SOLD TO FLEECE rARMEns.

ed with all the blades open, and therein
lies the secret of the knife board. The
cunning faker arranges his knife board
so that the rings slide over them as water
does a ducks back.
The wheel of fortune seems as fair as
any game can be, yet the arrow has a
sneak" and the faker can stop it at
any number or article he desires. a
wheel may be bought as low as $40. in
Guiding go pieces of jewelry, but this
is of the cheapest kind, rings, for exam
pie, being quoted as low as one cent
apiece. With this cheap wheel the first
profit at 10 cents a whirl, without any
sneaking, amounts to S15, and the bust
ness requires no previous experience" +"
A full outfit of go pieces of jewelry
costs but 50, thus making gain of 500,
and some takers make as much as $50 a
day.
The higher the cost of the wheel the
more easily and quickly the money is
made, as they are fitted with large pins
to separate numbers or colors, and the
arrow point has a screw feather, making
certain winner of any desired number
or color and avoiding all possibility of
dispute.
Nothing is more tempting than the
striking machine, and nothing looks fair
er. But these striking machines are in
genious arrangements, and, in the words
Of an advertisement of a new kind now
on the market, can be manipulated
without helper" One of these may be
had for $50, while prize cigars are offer
ed to the takers for $40 a thousand.
Red, white and blue is dealing game.
There is a Layout" with three shields on
it, one red, one white, one blue. A box
and sixteen balls, FIVE of each color and
one dealers percentage" goes with the
outfit. Players place their money on a
given shield, slide opens in the box,
and out pops ball II the ball is of the
same color the player puts his money on
he wins. If not he loses. If this was a
fair game the player, by the law of
chance. would stand some show of win
ming, but as the box is fixed the dealer
can produce a ball of any color he de-
sires, yet any one not in the secret can
examine the box at any time and find it
apparently square, yet ii is tricky box.
There are half hundred tricks work
ed with cards, and all of such nature
that they can be worked without the
| slightest fear of detection.
But the visitor to the fair is looking
for fun. The faker and his outfit enter
tsins him and he doesn't begrudge the
! money.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
Serving a DombIe Pnrnose.

The prOprietors Of Hartford res.
taurant utilize their garbage in profit
able way. Three years ago they bought
an outlying farm. 1t was in a run
down condition, unsightly, and over
grown with weeds and bushes. A drove
Of hogs was placed upon the farm, and
the table refuse carted out daily in
cans and fed to them In yard of sew
eral acres In the edge Of dense wood,
half "A mile from the road. Since then
the farm has been brought into good
condition, moving lots cutting nearly
five tons to the acre, the old bush pas
ture" burdened with heavy growth
of millet, fourteen acres showing corn
seven feet high, and ten thousand cab
bage plants making fine growth.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
TRAPS TO CATCH TIGERS.
Powerful Steel Suares that Hold the
Brutes Securely.

Capturing tigers by novel method
is now being adopted in Sumatra and is
proving almost invariably successful.
AS soon as a tigers lair has been found
natives are employed to construct a
wooden fence nine feet long and four
feet wide short distance away from it
and in this incJosure is then placed as
bait dog. which is tied to one of the
fence posts A narrow entrance leads
into the inclosure and there. deftly con-
cealed under earth, leaves and boughs
Of trees, is placed strong steel trap,
which is so designed that any animal
that places its foot on 1t is certain to be
held captive.
This trap is of recent invention and
consists of strong steel plates and
equally strong springs. When it is set
the plates form a sort of platform and
as soon as the tiger which has been
lured thither by the dog sets his foot
thereon the springs are released and
the cruel steel grips the leg and holds
it fast.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
SOME DIVORCE FIGURES.
Percentage of Separation in Europe
aHd Australia.

Happy marriages are commoner In
England and Wales than in any other
country, if the statistics of divorce are
any criterion. These statistics at least
show that comparatively few mar
riages are so unhappy as to occasion an
appeal to the divorce courts. John Mac
donell, the editor of the civil judicial
statistics, has added to that publica-
ton the results of a foreign statstl.
clans inquiry, showing the proportions
Of divorces TO every thousand mar
riages in various countries. In Switzer-
land they were 40, in France they were
81, in ROumania 20, in Prussia IS, in
the whole German empire II, in Den
mark Is, in Holland II, in Belgium H.,
in Sweden less than II Q0.GJ and in
Austria under (4.SJ, but in England
and Wales they were well under per
1.O00-that is 1.6. The figures for Rus
sia are given in "A form unavailable for
comparison, as the country is divided
up into religions. Catholic divorces are
naturally as low as 0.2, divorces of or
thodox church people IL and Protes-
tant divorces 81. Mr.. Macdonell has
supplied the number of divorce petit
tiOn in the Australian colonies for ev-
cry 100000 population. According TO
this there is a remarkable preponder-
ance Of divorce in New South Wales.
For 2G.5 petitions granted in that col
Ony there were only 10 granted in Vic
toria, 4 in Western Australia, 81 in
New ZEALAND, 81 in Tasmania 1.6 in
South Australia and one in Queensland.
There has also been a great increase
in recent years in the number Of di-
yorces and separations IN the Austria
Ian colonies grouped as whole.-Lon-
don News
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
THE THIRD DEGREE.

kf the Master cares TO judge me by the
things that l have done,
There will be no place in heaven for his
foolish. erring son;
|If the Masters seen the things that
have wanted most to do,
|Therell be no salvation for me. for the
devil knows 'em, 200,
but I've wanted true TO want TO do the
things l knew were right
|Say, can it be the likes of NELL have
virtue in his sight?
have sOiled my hands with mischief,
and I've wanted TO do more,
And I was but because | didn't dare. il
wasn't done before;
But behind the dirty deed l did, behind
the wish / had,
There's been a longing TO be straight, a
feeling / was bad:
Though he alone has seen and known
beyond that double sin
He knows my soul is somehow whole
say. will he let me in?
II there's any place beside the gate to
live life or so.
ia like to try it all again, before I'm sent
below;
I'd like to try to want to do what's right,
and then, maybe,
I'd get to try TO do it, and at last might
be free,
For a full-grown saint l know l amt.
and there's plenty more as bad,
But give us time and know We'll climb
and make his heaven gladl
-Gelett Burgess in a Gage of Youth" "
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16

GO HE country fair is the harvest time
for the genial faker. The faker is
q not husbsndman and he sows not
and neither does he gather up and bind
into bundles, and yet, when the harvest
season is over the faker has more money
than the honest farmer who has TILED
many golden acres. For the faker gets
up early in the morning and goes to bed
late at night, and ne makes money all the
livelong day.
The temptation TO get something for
nothing, or at least much for little, to
tiirt with coquettish fortune, is irresisti-
bic. Though a man knows full well that
the faker is not at the fair merely for the
sake of his health or for a pleasant out
ing, and that his tricks put TO shame
those of the heather Chinee, still the vic
tim will take the one chance out of a
million of beating the game. He doesn't t
beat it, for the game wasn't rugged up
so that he could beat it. Still he is will
ing to take the chance, and he suffers no
disappointment when he fails.
Chief among the catch-penny attrac-
tions of the faker is the cane rack. The
cane rack outht does not cost the faker
much. A net rack may be bought for
from Go cents to S1.25 and a canvas one
for from 80 cents to S1.30. Canes cost
from 90 cents dozen to S1.50 per dozen.
Rings cost 60 cents per hundred. With
this outfit and a permit the faker sets
up his rack on four stakes, which are
purposely loose. so as to allow the rack
to sway slightly. Then he plants his
canes
The cheaper ones predominant, but
canes with swelled heads are occasionally
seen and here and there are crooks, some
reproducing a miniature lower member
missing, the torso Of Venus. The rings
vary from one and one-qqusrter to one
and three-qurters inches inside diameter
The heads of some of the canes are al
most as great in diameter, and those with
crooks are turned in such a way that it
is almost impossible to ring them unless
the ring is dropped Immediately upon
them. 1t is difficult even to ring the
smaller canes, for they stand loosely in
the rack, and a side blow tips them so
that the ring slides off.
Next in favor is the knife board. A
board costs from $1.5O to $3.50, and a
complete outfit-board. 100 rings and
eighty-four knives-may be had tor
S14.50 and upward. Knives may be had
from 30 cents dozen to S3.9S a dozen.
These knives. the cheaper predominant
ing and costing about two and a half
cents apiece, are conspicuOusly display
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-16
AMONG THE BIG ONES.
CHICAGO BRANCH POSTOFFlCES
RANK WITH BIG CITIES.
Amount of Business Done at Board of
Trade Station, Which IL the Largest,
Surpasses That of buffalo, Detroit,
kansas City aud Minneapolis.

In the 100 square miles covered by
Chicagos letter carriers there are for
ty-siX postotiices known as stations,
the building on the lake front known
As the poStottice being the mother insti-
tuition. The fact that they are only
with the dignity they should have. for
when the business of the Board Of
Trade station alone is considered II
ranks with many of the great cites Of
the country.
The ten largest postoffices OF the
United States, not counting Chicago as
a whole, are, in their order, New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, st. Louis, Brook
lyn, Cincinnati, Baltimore. San Fran
cisco, Pittsburg and Cleveland. Then
comes Chicago's Board of Trade sta
| ton, the business of which In 1900 was
SS16,OoO. This figure exceeds the post
office business of the city of Buffalo by
$4,000, Detroit by $4,000, Kansas
City by SlS7 900, and Minneapolis by
$213,OOO.
Next in volume of business transact
ed is the Monadnock Building station,
with n business of S650,OOO, followed
by Milwaukee with $63S,0O0. Inciden-
tally the Chicago and Milwaukee post
masters receive the same salary. Chi
cago's Stock Exchange station is the
next poStotfice in size, and ranks with
New Orleans, Indianapolis, Rochester,
Denver and Newark. The "Crilly" sta
tion, at 167 Dearborn street, with n
business last year of S40S,000, and the
Masonic Temple station, with $403 600,
rank with Omaha, Providence, Colum-
bus and Toledo. South Water street
station leads Hartford New Haven,
Richmond, Jersey City, Dayton, Los
Angeles and Memphis. The station at
the Union depot is in the same class
with Albany and Syracuse.
| The next largest postofiice in the
United States is substation No. 10,
away out on West Polk street, which
has the honor of being presided over
! by Clerk Jane Adams of Hull House.
Although there are few people in that
neighborhood who carry on extensive
correspondence, Miss Adams station
did business last year of $223, 600,
putting it in the same class with Nash
vile. Tenn.
The Stockyards station does the same
| volume of business as Seattle and
/ Scranton. The station at 42S West
Madison street travels with Troy, Uti-
ca and Salt Lake City. The one at
Lincoln Park ranks with Trenton, Du.
luth, Houston, Harrisburg, Mobile, Gal.
weston and Spokane.
At this point offices doing a business
above 100000 practically end. the
22d street station coming next with
about $4,000 of business, and ranking
with Springfield, ILL.,; Elmira, n. Y,
and Little Rock Ark.-Chlcago Post