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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-03
ooeLD GETS CAR LINES IN
RICHMOND.

sWii Operate f22 Miles of Track.
.An eWouncement was made in New
York Tuesday that Frank j. Gould has
obtained control OF the Virginia Passeu.
ger and Power Company, which opq.
rates.a large traction system in Rich.
mond.
The company has 122 miles of track
in Richmond. Manchester and Peters
burg.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-03

Horace Toombs caught q gray fox in
Stafford Tuesday which weighed eleven
pounds. Ii was started on the "Bosco-
bel farm and the pack Of dogs. six In
number, ran him for eight hours before
catching him. The skia 10 beauty.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-03

II troubled with weak digestion.
beiching, sour stomach, or feel dull after
eating try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Price, % cents. mples
Tree at NJ. NJ. Lewis's drug store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-03
MANY THOUSANDS CURED OF CATARRH.


Mrs. Mary Cook, Pittsford. y. Y, also
says:
- was not very well for six years,
paid many doctor bills, but never i'm
proved very much. Two years ago I
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-03

scientific remedy for catarrh. 1t cures
catarrh wherever located. Its cures last.
Peruna gives strength by stopping 2
waste.
BY saving the mucus IL enriches the
blood.
BY cleansing the mucous membranes
it preserves the vital forces.
a constant drain of mucus from the
system is known as systemic catarrh.
This may occur from any organ of the
body.
Peruna stops this waste by curing
the catarrhal condition of tho mucous
membrane, no matter which organ may
be affected. Peruna cures catarrh wher-
ever located.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-03

Miss Blanche society
writes
During each of he
evening party and most
pleasant cafarrh lasting
Last winter TO Peruns of
club friends
ne procured bottle and much
bottle cured shall
procure Peruna," ,"-bfISS BLANCHE MYERS.
located
There substitutes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
THE WISDOM OF THE WISE

forced it's way over the barriers of the
animal and vegetable Kingdoms into
the mineral, and is now entrenching it.
self in the latter-has reached a point
at which it promises to embrace all
matter and all things. Biology is to be
the mother of all the sciences. In sci
ence and in scientific philosophy, con-
fusion reigns.
1t is not at all to be wondered at that
while this great change has been dis
organizing scientific thought a very
similar and equally serious upheaYal
has characterized religious thought.
The two great branches of human in
CURRY are so inter-related and inter-
dependent that nothing else could be
expected. And if, as does not seem
unlikely, we are on the verge of new
Renaissance, such change would nat
urally affect both in equal degrees.
The Bible. however, does not seem to
have been affected. Statistics show
that more Bibles are being printed, sold
and read than ever before, and that the
ratio of increase in the demand con-
tinues to augment without variation.
Creeds, however, are suffering. De-
nominations in their own organs are
complaining. The truth, or rather
that which the clergyman, like the
scientist, has hitherto relied upon as
the truth. does not seem to carry the
conviction that it did. New church
systems, some of them denounced as
puerile and nonsensical in their state
ment and scheme, are taking members
from the UNCONVENTIONAL churches by
tens, if not hundreds, of thousands.
recent article in Christendom,
which is so similar in tone to many
other articles that it may be regard
ed as typical, says that ANY one who
has followed the course of practical
religious thought during the last few
years can not have failed to recognize
the gradual lessening of emphasis up
on the resurrection of Jesus and of
men," The writer adds: Although we
should hesitate to say that we disbe-
lieve in Immortality. we have belitted
it and apologized for believing in it
until it is no longer a great force in
human life. 1t is under investiga-
ton"
In other words. in religion as in
science uncertainty reigns, and con-
corning the great fundamental princi-
pies the clergyman, like the scientist.
does not know what to say. The
great difference seems to be that while
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
WITH MUSICIANS
AND MUSICAL PEOPLE.

solo pianists in the city and connect
ed with the Music Club this season
than ever. Foremost among them
are, Mrs. Clarence Lilienthal, Mrs
Laura B. Mehrtens, Mrs. DR.. F. q
Wilson formerly Mrs. S. Brice DIM
ham), Mr.. Jno. R. Reharer, and Miss
Addie May Gibson. There are also
many others who before the close NJ
this season will have worked tbair
way far into the front rank. Whilst
for several seasons Miss Emma r
Coburn was practically the only ac-
companist here, during the past sea-
son several other Accompanies CANA
to the front in an astonishingly snc-
cessful manner, and there will doubt
less be others produced during this
season. New vocalists are ALWAYS
appearing, and it is rumored thar
there will be several surprises in store
among that class of the musical peo-
pie this season. Mrs. T. P. Wiclen-
berg, who was absent from the civ
for several years, residing in Char
lesion, has again become a member NJ
the Music Club, and will doubtless he
frequently heard this season. She is
one of the most popular singers here
and is greatly sought after for con-
cert work. She filed several success
full concert enga gements in neighbour
ing cities last season, and will doubt
Tess have numbers of engagements
away from here during the coming
season. Savannah has become recOg.
nized as the musical center of the
South, and the talent here is FREQUENT
ly drawn on by our nearby cities.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
A PREDICTION FROM EDEN.
1t Is That Col. Lester Will Succeed
Himself.


Eden, Ga, Sept. II. 19O3.-Editor of
the Savannah News: In the olden days
Of Hebrew jurisprudence. when the
mantle of Elijah descended on Elisha.
it was we might say by common con-
sent, he choosing his successor. How
different it is to-day especially in re-
gard to selecting n congressman.
From what we see in the papers it
would seem that the present incum-
bent, Col. Lester, will not be consult
ed, but rather, the mantle will be torn
from his shoulders and the politicians
will scramble for its pieces. l have
been amused at all 1 have seen in
the papers and the disturbance in the
district among the politicians because
Col. Lester does not positively refuse
to serve the people any longer than
the present term.
Now | am not the son of a prophet
or in any wise given to prophecying, but
l will predict that Col. Lester will sue
coed himself next year, a majority of
the voters of the First Congressional
district will nominate and elect him, as
they have done for years.
OF course. the boys have got to blow
off a little steam and let their imagi-
nations and fancies nightiest dreams,
take them to the nations Capitol, but
when the time comes the people are
going to send Col. Lester back For.
sir, it can and will never be forgot
ten that in the dark days of recon-
struction, which radicalism, ignorance
and corruption stalked abroad and
made q mockery of justice, it was
Lester, in the Senate of Georgia, that
labored earnestly, labored INCREASINGLY
and at last successfully. for the re-
Mobilization of Georgia and the restora-
ton of constitutional rights and priVi-
leges This has always been his rec
ord in the national assembly, always
laboring for the best interest of the
people and their future advancement.
AS he entered Congress. so he has
remained-pure. faithful and true to
his constituents. IT was my privilege
to be in one of the first conventions
that nominated Col. Lester and the
lamented Judge Adams, in placing the
name of Col Lester in nomination, said.
in part: His life is like an open book,
and neither chapter page or line is
marred by a single unworthy act" and
so it has remained. the Lester of to-
day, being the Lester of the past and
the common ties of mutual accord that
exist between Col. Lester and the peo-
pie Of the First Congressional district
viii never he broken. til death places
its icy hand upon his brow and stills
the voice Of him the people love.
And. sir. when the time comes-mark
my words--the people will speak i'm no
uncertain words and Col. Lester will
be his own successor.
Vox Populi.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

sorbing every semblance of news mat
ter, transmitting it to the headquarters
of the agency, where it is sifted down,
rehashed, corrected and seasoned for
the public appetite.
Only about one-tenth of the matter
received at the main Office is sent out
and it requires the combined services
of a corps of the fastest copy readers
to wade through the thousands and
thousands of words, picking out the
grains of live" matter from the great
mass of less important stuff. But this
is another story. 1t is of a conspicu-
Gus figure in the army Of men that sit
chained to their places through the
weary hours of the night receiving
the stretches of copy that are sent
from the main office after the copy
readers have done their work, that this
story relates.
To sit for nine hours in one place,
with nerves at the highest tension, and
with every faculty on the alert that
the rattle of the typewriter may not
confuse the senses with the ceaseless
clatter of the telegraph instruments,
translating coded matter at the rate of
fifty to sixty words per minute, is what
is required of Associated Press opera
tors, and this is what young White
does nightly.
He commenced his career as an OPP
orator at Richmond, Va, entering the
employ of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company as a messenger boy.
In eighteen months he rose to the
position of operator, being then only
10 years of age. After serving nearly
three years in the Richmond office of
the Western Union he had mastered
Phillips code and commenced subbing
for the press men in Richmond. He
soon became able to hold his own with
the best of them, and when the sender
at the central station for that district
started in to burn 'em up" Jimmy
was among the last to break.
When the youthful operator present
ed himself at the Morning News Office
to relieve the regular operator during
his vacation he was an object of GU
riosity, characteristic seldom dis
played in a newspaper Office, and the
unusual sight of a boy filling one of
the most difficult positions in the great
gathering concern, the Associated
Press, excited much interest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

Five years ago, writes H. w. J. Dam
in the Memphis Commercial-Appeal,
every scientific man honestly believed
studied and thought for many years,
had absorbed the convictions of others
and made from them convictions of his
own, and having classified his knowl-
edge was able to formulate and eX-
press it in a way which was of bene-
to himself.
Science in general and the particular
science which constituted his speciality
were firmly based upon undoubted facts
or upon working hypothesis which had
so long existed without dispute or
doubt of them that they could not be
regarded as other than undoubted facts.
And, in five short years, the aspect of
all things scientific has changed COM
pletely. Every great working hypoth-
esis has been undermined. and even
honest scientific man has learned that,
fundamentally speaking, he knows
Nottingham is, nothing that he dares
to urge and impress. If there were
such a thing as an intellectual panic
this would be a panic period in sci
ence.
The general division of phenomena
into force and matter, a division which
has prevailed since the days of Des-
cartes, a division upon which all mod
ern scientific philosophy has rested,
has gone by the board.
The chemical elements relied upon as
fixed and primary are now believed to
be merely morphological varients COM
ing from single elementary source.
Force and matter themselves are now
both believed to develop from a primal
element which, as has long been OBJ
served of electricity, seems to combine
the essential attributes of both.
The conservation of energy, that the
DRY which was believed to be eternally
indestructible, is now looked at ask
ance.
The dogma of Tyndall the sole re-
naming principle which the aged and
failing Virchow said he could with con-
fldence reassert-viz., that from the
non-living the living could not come
may fairly be looked upon as destroyed.
The definition of life-which has
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
AIDS LOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
What kerosene Accompanies in n
Campaign Against Dirt.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
The kerosene can is not thing of
beauty, neither is it suggestive of
strength, yet it is one of the most val
liable of the housewives allies. A
spoonful of kerosene added to the basin
of water in which the windows are to
be washed makes them beautifully clear
and easy to polish, while at the same
time it repels flies and mosquitoes.
If screen doors and windows are thor
oughly brushed and freed from dust.
then wiped over with kerosene, they
will look as good as new, while mos
quitoes, flies and moth millers will give
them wide berth as long as any trace
of the odor remains.
In the laundry kerosene proves a
great saving of labor. Washing with
kerosene saves time, as it dispenses
with all the rubbing that usually pre-
cedes the boiling.
Shave into the wash boiler one-half
pound good soap, fill three-quarters full
of water and. add two tablespoonful
of kerosene. Bring to a boil, and put
the clothes in dry. Boil and skim off
the soapy, waxy scum that rises. Take
out the clothes and rinse three times
in hot water, until the odor of the
kerosene is imperceptible. Then blue
and proceed. This method of washing
is not to be recommended unless the
mistress of the house is able to super
wise the entire operation. Left to the
ordinary domestic, it is rarely a sue
cess, as judgment and care are impera-
tive.
For wagon grease or tar spots rub
well with kerosene while the grease
is fresh, then wash out in cold, soft
water using no SOan
Kerosene will remove ink stains and
fresh paint, while nothing takes out
blood stains better than cold soap
suds to which kerosene has been add
ed.
Irons that have been put away sticky
should be we'll scraped with a thin
knife, then rubbed with a rough cloth
moistened in kerosene.
A spoonful of kerosene in boiled
starch keeps it from sticking, but do
not use enough to make it smell Of the
oil.
Nothing equals kerosene for cleaning
porcelain bath tubs. The ugly black
streak around the sides that require
such vigorous rubbing when only soap
and water are used disappears as by
magic when wiped with a soft cloth,
moistened with kerosene.
Common kerosene is excellent in
cleaning hardwood or stained floors
Sweep carefully and dust before APP
plying the oil. Use only a small guam
tlty at time, wiping a small space
then rubbing the oil up with a soft
absorbent flannel cloth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

the scientific body are all optimistic
and glad of the new truth, many re-
ligious leaders and religious papers
are frankly pessimistic and depressed.
Speaking strictly from a scientific
standpoint there seems to be, however,
as little to fear in the one case as in
the other. Science of course expects
change, is prepared for it and well
comes it. Its whole history has been
one of change-the abandonment of
false working hypothesis for truer
ones.
The history of religion has been pre-
cisely the same. New churches arise
through new interpretations of the
Bible. These interpretations change,
always have changed and always will
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
CHAT OF PLAYS FOR
SAVANNAH'S PLAYGOERS
"Pickings From Puck and THE Telephone
Girl'' This Weeks Attractions.

be new in every detail. new faces IN
the cast, new girls in the chorus, new
costumes on the girls and new comedy
situations. Max Bloom will be seen
as the irresistably funny, Hans NIX,
inspector of telephones. His partner
in the laughter making will be Nell
lie v Nichols, a soubrette. grace
full dancer and a singer. Variety Will
be introduced in the efforts of Harry
c. Lyons, a mimic who can simulate
sound from dog fight to a phono-
graph, May +. Linden, a recruit from
the ranks of the Bostohians, and the
Misses Kendall and Thompson whose
trade mark, The Female Sousas," is
The original "all girly" chorus will
again come in for its share of atten-
tion while Henry Clayto and Eliza
beth Clark will not be overlooked as
Snufles and Toots. the infants terri
BILE Others in the cast are Edward
Leahy and Jules Bennett. The sale
of seats will open Wednesday morn
ing at o'clock. The matinee prices
are: Orchestra, SOC reserved; balcony,
adults, soc, children, 25c admission. The
night prices are: Orchestra, $1.00; bal
cony, IS and soc; gallery, 25c.
The Baltimore Sun says of Rose &C.
celia Shay, who will sing here probably
in Carmen" on oct. 8: Miss Shay
has most agreeable voice, fresh and
well schooled. She sings with taste.
and displays excellent judgment. Her
acting is quite superior to that of the
ordinary operate figure"
The Professors Love Story" by the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

change.
The ever-important fact is ~.
while special churches, like sneo ,iaI
schools in science, rise, exist for
time and fail; while new denoni,oa
lions break away from the old; Viii.
new creeds, new concepts and new ~
visions change tho aspect and mean
ing of the Biblical text, the underIv
ing rock is ever here, unaffected ana
inexhaustible.
Bishop Potter has said that tbo
chief lack among clergymen is know
edge of physical science. Howevar
this may be, it is certain that a scisr
tific view of the religious situation
would make some clergymen ruoL
more optimistic than they are.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YOUNGEST OPERATOR
James R. White, Sixteen Years Old, Performs
Difficult TASK

James Russell White, Is years old,
appareled in knee breeches and jacket,
enjoys the distinction of being probably
the youngest Associated Press tele-
graph operator in the world.
Nightly he translates the monoton-
Gus clatter of the Associated Press
sounder into ineligible sheets of copy
in the telegraph room of the Morn
ing News. At o'clock in the evening
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

Chief Justice Sullivan of the Ne
oraska supreme Court sometimes takes
occasion to make expression of his keen
sense of humor as may be seen in the
statement of his nomination expense,
filed the other day in the Office of the
Secretary of State. The following, writ
ten in the flowing hand of the Chief
Justice, tells the story of what it cost
to get the nomination: Authorized
local committee to call on me, if neces-
sary. for $25 to help defray expenses
of the convention. They have not yet
calld on me. but I am apprehensive.'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

The critics, speaking of Mr.. Herbert
Kelcey and his Interpretation of the
part of Sherlock Holiness" are SEEM
ingly unanimous in their praise, and
said without question, it is the best
thing he has ever essayed." Taking
into consideration his long tenure of
the leading roles in Mr.. Frohman's
Stock Company. where he was identi-
fed with the greatest successes of the
last decade, Mr.. Kelcey's characterize
ton must evidently have been Of no
mean order.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
Elbrldge Gerry {

-Elbridge Gerry Gigger. the last sur
vivor OF the Hassanamisco tribe OF In
dians once numerous IN Massachusetts,
died last week al Gardner The Has
sanamisco tribe once owned the land
where the town Of Grafton II located
When the state took the land 20 open
n for settlement a pension Was given
each member ~ the tribe IN settlement
Mr. GigEeFs pension now having eE-
pired The state no longer has 20 pay
Tor the taking " this land.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

morous and inimitable complications.
The theme of "Pickings from Puck"
is based upon the illustrations and
sayings in Puck and adequately de-
scribes in language. To help Mr..
Simms unravel the interesting tangle
into which he tumbles, a cast of play
ers has been engaged
OF course, in a skit of this kind fun
ny men and pretty girls are necessary
adjuncts, and of these quite a num-
Der will be seen. Some of the most
shapely of female beauty are said to
be with the aggregation. Specialties
of novel nature, music and dances
Will be part of the performance The
sale of seats will open Tuesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock. The matinee prices
are: Orchestra soc reserved, balcony
adults soc, children, 25c admission
Regular house prices at night.
The Telephone Girl will be the at
traction Friday matinee and night. The
seventh season of the work of Hugo
Morton and Gustav Kerker finds it
more popular than ever as the patron
age accorded it in other cities attests.
The production this season is said to
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

Two successful performances of The
Devils Auction" We're given yesterday
the large audiences at both seeming
thoroughly satisfied with the show. This
years presentation is more elaborate
and more entertaining than any of its
predecessors, and fully warrants the
warm reception accorded it in Savan-
nah.
William Simms. whom ollie Mack
and Joseph M Gates bring to the
Theater Thursday Matinee and night,
in the comedian who danced and sang
his way into favor in both this coun-
try and England, and who has proven
himself to be such a versatile man
of the stage, that he now ranks as
the top liner of stars in his line of
roles He will be seen here in that
new musical travesty "Pickings from
Puck" from the pens of Clarence
Simms and Theodore Northrup who
claim it TO be a farce of the most far
cical nature, but that it has one ad-
vantage over others-it is mrth COM
polling from beginning to end, and
more diverting than many in it's hui
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

William A. Brady's Way Dowr
East" will be at the theater soon. Way
Down East" is a story of New England
life, written by Lottie Blair Parker
herself a New Englander, and thor.
oughly conversant with the joys anc
sorrows, the ways and ambitions Of
simple New England farm folk. 1t has
been much elaborated by Joseph r
Grismer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

Arkansas has often been the theme
OF song and story, and no melody ever
written has evolved more genuine peas
ure than The Arkansas Traveller -
The same may be said of Human
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

the great pui .7ru~, and
from every quarter of the globe,
through the agency of the thousands
and thousands of miles of slender wire,
the A. P. operator and the typewriter,
the farthest inha bitants are made our
next door neighbors. The Associated
Press, the greatest of all news-gath-
ering agencies, has extended it's lines
into every quarter of the globe, abb