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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31
RAISING A STEW.
Central American Republics Getting
Into Trouble.


Panama, Jan. 29.-The interventions
of the Central American republics in
each others international affairs have
brought about most critical situa-
ton in Central America. President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guate-
mala is in favor of the elected Pres
ident of Honduras, Manuel Bonilla,
while Gen. Zelaya, President of Mic
aragua, and Gen. Regalado, Presi-
dent of Salvador, insist that
the retiring President Of Honduras,
Gen. Terencia Sierra shall continue in
the presidency. Meanwhile the revo-
lutionists are prepared to start a re-
bellion in Salvador, and according to
the latest news received, the Salvado-
rean and Guatemalan armies COM
manded by their respective Presidents
were on the frontier, accompanied by
revolutionary refugees and on the
point of hostilities.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31

WILL COLLECT TAXES.
Recourse to Courts Will be Had I'm
the Isle of Pines

Havana, Jan. 29.-Gen. Nunez, Gov
e1nor of the province of Havana, in
which the Isle of Pines is included,
stated to the Associated Press CORE
spondent to-day that the government
had directed the municipal officials in
the Isle of Pines to collect the taxes
which the American residents there
declme to pay. In default of payment
the officials will have recourse to the
courts for the collection of the money.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31
ACROSS A CONTINENT.

Schwab is Negotiating for Running
Train.
st. Petersburg. Jan. 29.-It is under
stood that Charles NJ. Schwab is ne
gotiating for the haulage of a three
car special train from Wirballen, a
station on the frontier Of Prussia, to
Port Arthur. The Russian authorities
prefer stopping the heavy international
sleepers at Irkutsk, Siberia, and sub
shutting lighter cars from that point
onward. III.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31

hams Vege-
table Com
pound. | am
now enjoying
better health
thanI everdid.
1t seemed to
me that | had
no strength at
all, 1 could
hardly drag
about. | was
inpain all lover.
81 began to
fe Ell better
after taking
the first dose,
and am now
like a new
WON an. /
know that if
other suffering
women would
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31
New Schedule to Augu.,.

Leave Savannah via Southern Rail-
way daily except Sunday $50 o. m.
city time, arrive Augusta 1910 D. m.
Pullman cars all the way. Tor infor-
nation apply at City Ticket ONCE.
141 Bull street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31

Mrs. Lou Davis, IA Institute Place, Flat 5,
Chicago, ILL.,, says:
August "a, 1901.
"For the good of others I wish to testify to the
merits of your wonderful medicine, Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Il was certainly in a very bad condition suf-
fered terribly with continual baclache and head
ache had pleuriSy in my right side, bearing-down
nervous, peevish and respondent
81 was advised to try your medicine, and was
greatly surprised at the benefit derived from it's
use. am now entirely cured of these ailments, and
son.
81 shall always be pleased to influence suffering
women to, try your Vegetable Compound. It has
done wonders for me, and am very thankful"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31
VIII of Hewitt.

New York, Jan. 29.-The will of
Abram S. Hewitt was filed to-day in
the surrogate's Office at Paterson, N.
j. There are no public requests, and
the value of the estate is not given.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31

Mrs. Prissims-Oh, but / got taken
in when 1 married you, you wretch. Mr..
Prissims-Yes; out of the cold. New
ark News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
SICK OR ILL.
Latter Word Has Displaced the Former.
Although Less Valuable.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Shall We say. that man is very sick or
that he is very ill?" asked a young man
who takes much interest in the study Of
words Or shall we use both words with
out any sort Of discrimination? Which
word more nearly describes the condition Z?
An answer to this question will settle the
whole problem-a problem recently raised
because of the increased tendency to give
the preference to Ill. Personally am very
much inclined to the word sick. Sick Is
the stronger word Of the two. It Is clearer
because less involved in the entanxle-
ments which mark the evolutionary pro-
cesses Sick describes more exactly the
STATE 20 which It Is applied. We, Of course,
may say that man Is very Ill and still
De perfectly understood. Because OF the
popular and extensive use Of the word no
ambiguity attaches to the expression. He
Is very Ill man. But isn't sick clearer,
more exact and more forcible2 1 think
so for many reasons. In the first place.
sick is more restricted in it's meaning.
III has been given an extremely broad
range. Its synonymic relation to other
words Is extensive Bad. poor. wicked.
low and other simple words are synonymt-
cally related to Ill. Besides, Ill is various
iy used as prefix to other words, as Ill
conduct, ill-bred, ill-mannered, and 1t has
even been used as prefix to health. II
=
f1nltely better to speak Of a mans sick
health? Health can as easily become sick
as 1t becomes III. Ill. when used as a pre-
fix. means bad-bad health. for instance,
which by the way. Is worse English.
Health cannot be bad. But health may
sicken-that is. the robust, vigorous we'll
balanced physical state embodied in the
word health may become impaired by the
setting In OF processes Of decay and disin-
tegraion. Health is always good Health
means hale-that Is, whole, fair, sound,
and SO forth-and hence Ill and bad, as pre-.
fixes to health. are simply grotesque, shock.
ing and almost uncomfortable. All of which
would seem to sustain my idea Of giving
the preference to sick. To repeat what
l have already said, 1t Is clearer, less in.
volved. more definite and more forcible In
Its meaning. and comes much nearer de-
scrtbing the state to which we are in the
habit Of applying 1t. Still there Is a grow.
Ing tendency to- give the preference to ILL.,
as regrettable as the fact may seem under
the circumstances"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02

amount Of good material would be secured
Tor the army which would not otherwise
belong to 1t, as the average lad has to wait
until his eighteenth year before he can
enlist. ~
BY that time the desirable boy is ION his
feet and feels his Independence, and will
not then enlist for the pay offered AS a
rule the loss Of his work alone takes him
to the barracks gate.
Catching the soldier young has immense
advantages for the war office as at the
age OF fourteen boy is impressionable, and
can be tmbued with the military instinct,
which lessons crime, and which means SO
much to efficiency. The boys who pass
from the Duke Of York's and other military
schools are proof Of this.
AT present we take recruits at eighteen
and upward and a few at seventeen, and
two years out Of their short spell of service
are non-effective, being spent in drill and
the pulling-out process in the gymnasium.
This makes home battalions mere training
depots.
The proposal aims at the establishment
of corps of boys at Woolwich, Netley,
Aldershot and Chatham for the R. A,
R.A.M.C, A.S.C. and Re, respectively; at
Gosport for the rifle regiments; at Glasgow
for the Highland corps; and one in each
military district for the other battalions,
foot and horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
CLAIMED TO BE A HYPNoTIsT.
But Detective Said He Was "Penny-
weight Worker"

Frank II. Childress, tairty-six years old,
was convicted Of vagrancy in Police Court
this afternoon and was given the alterna-
tive of paying $40 or serving one month on
the farm.
Detective Peck. who arrested the man
near the corner of 18th and D streets north
west Saturday night, told the court that
Childress, who was known as a penny
weight worker" had been released recently
from the penitentiary after serving four
years.
What do you mean by a 'pennyweight
worker?'" Prosecutor Pugh asked the de-
tective.
HE enters jewelry store and asks to see
some rings or whatever strikes his fancy.
When tray is placed before him and the
clerk happens to turn his head, he steals
something. We have had several COM
plants recently from jewelers. that a char
acter Of that kind was plying his vocation
in the city,
What are you doing here?" Judge Scott
asked Childress.
I'm here in the practice Of my profession
and deny that l am in any sense Of the
word a vagrant," was the answer.
What is your profession?" Prosecutor
Pugh inquired.
"Hypnotist," he replied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
REFERRED TO SCHOOL BOARD.
Discussion Of Request for Permit to
Use Public Parkinp

protest was recently lodged with the
District Commissioners against the grant
ing Of permission to the Frank Libbey
Company, at New York avenue and 5th
and 9th streets, to store lumber on the pub
lie parking space. William F. Mattingly
attorney for the company, today filed with
the Commissioners the consent of the va
rious residents in the neighborhood to a
continuance of the use of the parking. II
was stated that on New York avenue the
lumber company desired to use IS feet on
L, street IA feet and on 9Th street 5 feet.
Reporting to the Commissioners on the
matter, Inspector Thomas Of the engineer
department has stated that the applicants
have obtained the consent of the property
owners within 200 feet of that portion of
the parking they wish to occupy with the
exception Of the public school across the
street from the lumber yard. Captain New
conner, assistant to the Engineer Commits
sioner, has recommended reference to the
board of education for the expression of its
views as to the proposed occupation of the
parking, and also recommending, in view of
Mr.. Lacey's protest, a reconsideration of
the policy Of permitting the use of the
parking for the storage Of lumber.
LAS shown by this letter." says Captain
Newcomer, such use affords cover on pub
lie space for acts of a most Objectionable
character; moreover, the occupation Is of
such substantial character as to COM
pletely obstruct the view along the parking
so occupied. On Massachusetts avenue
near 7th street and elsewhere the appar-
emily less Objectionable forms Of use Of the
parking for the display and sale Of furni-
ture and grave stones has been denied,
while the Commissioners allow livery sta
bles only such temporary occupation Of the
parking as Is necessary In receiving and
sending out vehicles. 1t Is not clear that
there is sufficient ground for discriminate ton
in favor Of lumber yards, or that there is
any compromising advantage to the public
to offset the obvious objections to such use
OF the public space, especially on such an
important avenue in the heart of the city,
Engineer Commissioner John Biddle has
approved the recommendation that the
opinion Of the board Of education be secured
as to the injury, II any, to the public school
situated across from the lumber yard by
the existence OF pile Of lumber on the
parking opposite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
The Blackamoor.

From the London Chronicle.
The troubles In Morocco serve as re-
hinder that a slang word which at one
time was very familiar. as applied not to
Moor in particular. but to any man Of
color is now obsolete. except as an odd
public house sign. That Is "blackamoor,
otherwise black Moor" In the early Geor-
gian era "blackamoor," /. e., negro, foot
men and pages were common in London In
the households of the most fashionable peo-
pie. Early in the eighteenth century the
bust of blackamoor was largely employed
by tobacconists as sign, and 1t still sur
wives here and there. The blackamoor then
divided the honor of announcing a tobacco
shop with the red Indian attired in a petit
coat of tobacco leaves and the Scotch High
lander in the act of taking snuff. Many
efigies Of blackamoors which were SO cum
brous as to constitute public danger were
compulsorily removed in London by virtue
of an act that was passed early In the reign
Of George III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
History of Starch.
7ron, tho pb,Iada,nb,o Bacord

Ine fnuauelpnla hecOru.
"a package Of starch?" asked the intelli-
gent and learned grocer; and as he wrap
ped the package up he talked.
Starch originated" he said. "in FIan-
ders. 1t was introduced into England. with
the big ruff. in the time of Queen Eliza.
beth. 1t was like our starch of today.
except that 1t was made in colors-red,
yellow. green, blue. The effect Of this was
to tint delicately the white linen to which
the starch might be applied.
Before Queen Elizabeth's time rufiies
and ruffs were made of fine Holland, which
required no stiffening. Then the ruffs OF
cambria came, and these must Of necessity
The grocer, consulting his memorandum
book, resumed:
1T is recorded that when the queen had
ruffs made of lawn and cambria for her
own princely wearing there was none in
England could tell how to starch them; but
the queen made special means for some
women that could starch. and Mrs. Gull
ham, wife Of the royal coachman. was the
first starcher.'
''In 1864 q Flanders woman, Frau Van
der Plasse, came to London and establish
ed there a school for the teaching OF
starching. The school succeeded. The
Flanders frau got rich. She charged f5 a
lesson, and an extra 20 shillings for
recipe for the making Of starch out OF
wheat flour. bran and roots.
yellow was the most fashionable color
In starch among the nobility. The fast,
racing set went in for green. The Puritans
used blue starch. though at first they had
been against the stuff altogether. clubbing
1t, "A certaine kinde Of liQuide matter
which they call starch, wherein the levtll
hath willed them to wash and dive their
ruffes. which. when they be dry. will then
stand stiffe and inflexible about their
necks
Starch is made from wheat. corn ana
potatoes, and starving men have often sub
sisted on it, finding 1t nourishing. though
not TASTY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
HAUNTED MINE.
Ghostly Forms Scare Workers and
Give Mysterious Signals.
From the Denver Tines.

from the Denver Times.
Weird stories Of ghostlike figures seen
at the entrance of the mine shafts and
tales OF groans and moaning sounds being
heard from the bottom Of the shafts are
related by mining men who have Just re-
turned from the property Of the Big
Kanawha Mining Company at Creole.
These tales. which rival those Of Bah
bette" of whom Frank Daniels sang, are
said to have become SO impressed upon
many Of the men employed in the Big
Kanawha Company's mines that they have
quit work and sought places in other mines,
where the unnatural sights and sounds are
unknown.
The first man to relate a ghostlIke tale of
his experiences while working at the mine
was Mel McQueg, an engineer. 1t was
about five months ago that, while standing
at the end Of the tram. he saw a man no.
more than twenty feet away. Thinking II
place. he spoke to him. He received no
reply, and again he addressed him. Again
he received no reply, and this time Nc
Queg determined to find out who the man
was. He approached to where the figure
had been. and as he neared the spot the
man disappeared. No trace of the man
could be found. McQueg swears that he
saw a man, but the moment that he APP
preached to where the figure had been 1t
vanished as II by magic. Not even the
slightest trace Of man could be found.
and none OF the men working around the
mine at the time saw anything Of
stranger, nor were any Of them near the
place where McQueg had seen the figure
at about the time that the engineer saw
the vision.
Shortly after this three distinct signals
to hoist the men given from the station
were heard In the bottom Of a shaft where
Henry 8. Jones and some others were
working. At the time the signals were
given no ono was nearer the place thar
va q rnh noA a. a
cover the person who gave the signals
has been uuavailing
Three days after this strange occur
renee on June 20. !soz' Henry Jones was
skip q distance OF several hundred feet
down the same shaft from which the mys-
tertous slGnals to hoist the men had been
kiven.
These three occurrences made a great
impression upon many Of tho men, and
particularly the more superstitious of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
Kaid Maclean.
7rom the LONDON Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, who, as COM
mander-in- chief of the Moorish army, is the
sultan's right-hand man in this present re-
bellion, ranks high among the famous Scots
who have wooed fortune with their swords.
Since he has been Moorish commander-in-
chief he has conducted many brilliant cam.
paigns In the Sahara, and is the only Chris
tan who has openly crossed the Giania
pass and visited the sacred tomb Of Mulai
All Shereef, In the Tablet district. The
regular army under his command numbers
about 10000 men. with an irregular militia
Of 10000 His salary Is said to be 1900
erts' 1880, and better with his own f117
per annum as British lieutenant He lives
In a magnificent palace at Marakesh, and
as Scot. though swarthy. bewhtskered.
trusted even yet to turn the tables on his
sultan's enemies. SELL bas@
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
tenance Of convicts in Pennsylvania ex-

tenance Of convicts in Pennsylvania ex-
coed the receipts by about $145, 600; IN
Rhode Island by $4,000; in Massachusetts
by S15O,OOO; In illinois by $424 600; in Ohio
by $4,000; in Kansas by $4,000; in Michi-
gan by $65, 200; in Iowa by $4,000; in Colo
RADIO by $685. 900; in Connecticut by $4,000
and in California by 100000.
while it is agreed among penalog1sts
that convicts should be kept closely con-
fined, and ought to be kept at work, not
only for their own physical benefit. but for
the benefit Of the state, 1t Is the consensus
of general opinion that they should be
treated in a humane manner and that the
state has no legal and certainly no moral
right to compel them to perform such work
that either endangers or takes their lives,
nor to infiict upon them such hardships and
cruelties as imperil their lives"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
IN THE CRIMINAL COURT.
Jesse Johnson Convicted of Crime
Frank Smith Charged With Blackmail

Jesse johnson, colored was convicted to-
day In Criminal Court No. Of a charge Of
HOUSEKEEPING. 1t was testified that Oc-
rober q last he entered the grocery estab-
iishment of G. G. Cornwell & Sons and pur-
Joined certain tools. the property Of James
L. Davis. employed by the firm as an en-
gineer.
Frank H. Smith was placed on trial this
afternoon in Criminal Court No. under
the indictment for blackmail. 1t is alleged
that last November Smith attempted to ex-
tort money from Solomon Aston of 1915
Gale street northeast by pretending that he
was detective armed with a warrant for
the arrest Of Aston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
BOY BATTALIoNs.
New Solution of Recruiting Difficulty
in the English Armv

New Solution of Recruiting Difficulty
in the English Army.
From the London Express.
military officer. who served in South
Africa. Is laying before the war office au-
thorities a scheme of training for boys
which should largely help to solve the re-
cruiting difficulty.
:. The proposal Is to raise regular bat
talions Of boys in each military district. to
the number of 10000. who will be paid,
trained and educated as enlisted subjects.
and be finally passed into the regiments.
The boys would be taken at fourteen,
trained until eighteen, and then would
serve with the colors for given number
of years.
BY this plan, which would thin the over
crowded labor market, and improve the
class Of recruits, It IL claimed that vast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
Gas Light Company Directors Chosen.

At the annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Washington Gas Light Company.
held at noon today in the offices of the
company on 10th street, Messrs. John R.
Mclean, James w. Orme. George T. Dun
lop and r. H. Goldsborough, all of this city,
and John McIlhenny of Philadelphia, Pa,
were elected directors. The annual report
Of the president, Mr.. John r. Mclean. was
submitted. The election of officers will be
held next Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
Can't. Haden to Rest at Arlington.

The remains Of the late Capt John ]. Ha-
den U. s. A., retired, who died at Miami.
Fla, will be inferred at International ceme-
terry at Arlington tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock with the usual military honors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02

The public censor Of Berlin has forbidden
the production of Paul Hayse's Mary Mag
dalene," upon the ground that It Is founded
on q Biblical subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02

The Western Paper Stock Company's i've
story building. at 1882 Indiana avenue CHI
cago. was destroyed by Gre. Loss $4,000. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02

Eugene n. Lehman Of Colorado and stu
dent Of Yale College II the first American to
receive q Cecil Rhodes scholarship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-02
Steamship Arrivals.

At New York-St. Paul from Southamp.
ton; Minnehaha from London.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-08-14
Sentenced fc- Perjury.

John Athea and Jack Fitzgerald
plead guilty at Eureka Springs to the
charge of perjury and were sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary. Both
men testified for Poly Carlisle at his
trial for the robbery of the Bank of
Sprinsdale. This robbery was one of
the boldest in the history of the state.
Carlisle drove to the bank in hired
vehicle and, at the point of a revoly-
er, compelled the cashier to hand over
large sum of money. The robber
made for the mountains. closely pur-
sued, and when hard pressed he de-
serted the rig and himself joined the
posse in the chase. Carlisle was Civ
en- short sentence after two trials,
at which it is claimed witnessed for
the defense gave false testimony.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-08-14
A Growing Industry.

Among the industries that have
grown rapidly in Arkansas is that
of cigar manufacturing Not many
years ago this line of manufacturing
in Arkansas did not find a very con-
siderable representation In the re-
ports showing the product of the
United States by internal revenue
districts. Now, according to the Oh
fetal figures, Arkansas is not to be
ignored. For the twelve months end
ing June so 1908. the total number
of cigars manufactured in Arkansas
was 2.214,710, against 20l4,S95 the
year previous. The number of cigar
factories in the state is "a, divided
as follows: Little Rock 5. Fort
Smith G, Pine Blun 2. Argenta l,
Texarkane 1. Fayetteville 3, Paris 1.
Hot Springs l and Marche 1.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-08-14
)RREsT CITY, ARK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST A. 1908
A Pleasant Reunion.

The annual reunion of the Searcy
County Confederate Association was
held near Horatio last week The
reunion was held at the big spring
OF Capt. Perrin, and was attended by
something more than 1000 people
The address of welcome was deliver
ed by Rev. J. c. Hooks. pastor of the
Methodist Church at Horatio and
editor of the Horatio News. Re-
sponse was made in a most able
speech by Gen. Shaver, who COM
manded a brigade in the Confeder-
ate service. The second day was Civ
en- to the Daughters or the Confed-
eracy, when several original essays
were read. On this day the Hon.
John S. Little made a splendid ad-
dress. 1t was the most successful
reunion ever held by the association.