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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
nap \ NARROW ESCAPE.

Fire. which started in the restau-
rant of c. n. Gress at Lithonia Fri
day night destroyed ,the restaurant
building, and by reason Of the high
wind spread to the residence of Mrs.
NJ 4. Swift. who is 80 years old. Mrs.
Swift was asleep at the time and she
had a very narrow escape, being res
cued after the flames had well nigh
enveloped her home. The building and
all it's effects We're destroyed. The
residence was valued at $1,000. Mrs
Swift had $500 insurance She is the
only living sister of the late Young L.
q. Harris, the noted philanthropist
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
Grain Markets.


cording to quality.
Fruits and Nuts.
APPLES-Fancy reds, $4.00
BANANAS-$1.25 @1.75.
PINEAPPLES- 235@2.50 crate.
ORANGES-California navels, $2.75@
300.
LEMONS-Market easy; $300@3.25.
PRUNES-20s to SOs. 1O1ac; 3Os to 4Os
SIC 40s to sos, 74c; Sos to Cos, &c;
Cos to 7os 615c; 70s to sos, SIC; sos to
90s, SIC: 9Os to zoos. 41sc
PEANUTS-Ample stock, fair de-
mand; market firm; fancy hand-pick-
ed Virginias, sac; n. c. peanuts, 4Ac;
nuts, &c.
NUTS-Almonds, Terragona, 15c;
Ivicas, 141ac; walnuts, French, 12hc;
Naples, 15c; pecans 13c; Brazi1s, loo;
filberts, 111@c; assorted nuts, 5O-pound
and 25-pound boxes. 1212c.
Dried and EvapOrated Fruits.
APPLES-Evaporat 7h@8c; sun
dried, &c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, lie pound;
nectarines, 10hc.
RAIS1NS-L. L., 2-Crown, $190; S.
Crown, $500; 4-crown clusters, $2.75:
loose muscatells, TIC; lib seeded, 915c;
imperial cabinets, -; loose, 50-pound
boxes. pound.
PEACHES-Evapora peeled, 16c;
unpeeled, &c.
PEARS-Evaporated lie.
CITRON-A. S. drums, 12tc; Fancy
Corsican, in 10-pound boxes 13c.
URRANTS-Barrels, sic; 25-pound
boxes, sac; 1-pound cartons. &c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
BET $500 TO $50.

Tampa Herald: With w. Lesley
Browns livery stable on Florida ave-
nue. as a starting point, and the en-
trance to the Sulphur Springs Park.
six miles distant, as a finish" one of
the most interesting and exciting trot-
ting races ever recorded in this coun-
ty occurred between II o'clock and
the noon hour. The horses participat-
ing in the race We're G.. o. Turner's ia
nous "Cardel c." and Owen Holmes
Cyclone" the last named horse hav-
ing been brought here recently by M.
Holmes, who has entered the livery
business here. The race resulted in a
victory for Turner. and with the race
went bet of $500, the largest recorded
on horse race in this county lately.
"Cardel' entered the Sulphur Springs
gate between $50 and 200 yards ahead
of his opponent. The race was ar
ranged at the Almeria, Mr.. Turner
and Mr.. Holmes were engaged in dis
cussing the qualities of their horses.
when Mr.. Holmes stated that he would
bet Mr.. Turner $500 TO $50 that his
horse was the faster. Turner imme-
diately went to his safe and secured
the $50, and Holmes. being game to
the last, Immediately wrote out a
check for $780, and w. Gwynn Fox.
clerk at the Almeria, was made stake
holder.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
DEAD IN HER LAP.

Thinking that her 9-months-old child
was only sleeping, Lula Wheeler, a col
ored woman, was very much surprised
Saturday to find that her babe was
lying in her lap cold in death. The
woman was en- route to Brunswick on
the Birmingham and Brunswick road,
from a station on the line She had
thought the child asleep, as 1t had
seemed in perfect health a few minutes
before
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
BONDS WE'RE REGISTERED.

The South Georgia Railway Com
pany has registered with Secretary of
State Phil Cook $217,O first mortgage
bonds, bearing interest at per cent,
payable semi-annually and running for
twenty years. The bonds are of the
denomination of $1,000 each. The
principal office of the railroad COM
pany' is at Quitman.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
VETS ELECT DELEGATES.

c. NJ. b. Young Camp of Confeder-
ate Veterans at Gainesville has Sc
1ected the following as representatives
to the reunion at New Orleans: Dele
gates, A. NJ, Foute, T. j. Lyon, d. b.
Freeman and r. l. Battle; alternates,
j. j. Calhoun, j. H Cobb j. c. Her
ring and c. NJ. Jones.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
FOR RUNNING sLOT MACHINES

]. w, Johnson, a white man who was
arrested at Brunswick a few days ago
under warrant charging him with
operating Slot machines in that city,
was given trial Saturday and en-
tered a plea of guilty. Judge Sparks
imposed a fine of $3.50, which was
promptly paid by johnson.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Steamship City of Augusta, Burg,
New York-Ocean Steamship Company
Steamship New Orleans, Peters, Bal
timore-J. W. Smith.
Steamship Allegheny, Chase, Phila-
delphia-J. w. Smith.
Steamship NacoOchee, Askins, New
York-Ocean Steamship Company.
Bark Shetland, Heath, New York
cement-Cooney Eckstein & Co.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

Passengers by steamship City of Au-
gusta for Savannah, April &c. L. Hill,
Sam Dingley, Miss B. Lente, Miss NJ
Lente, A. Berliner, Miss A. HeIck. Miss
A. Ething, j. l.. Gabrielle, Miss Nj.
Davenport, Mrs. II. Williams, Miss S.
Van Ostrand, Il. l.. Moore, B. T. Mar
tin, James Lynah II. w. Allen, Miss
H. Green. Miss Simon, Miss Simon,
Miss Cliffs, II. j. Ward, Mrs. Conner,
Miss H. A. Morey. Miss A. Morey, Miss
Eichbauer, Mr.. Graham, f. S. Baker,
j. V. Morrell, Miss Burroughs. Miss
Kelly, b. H. Lester, Miss McKerre,
Miss M. V. Carrian, Miss Colgan, Mr..
Colgan, Mr.. Murphy. f. Lawrence and
wife, f. Ward Jackson, ]. Keenen,
wife and daughter, l.. dwell, w. IL.
Pope and wife, NJ j. Meehan and wife,
Miss Gillispie. Miss Radford. DR.. Wei
gand, Mr. Bredback, Mrs. H. Hadley
Miss Hadley, H. w. Parker, Mr.
Dunno, F. A. Caldwell, Annie C1aw-
ford, Alabell Crawford, f. Koerber
Passengers for New York, by steam
ship City of Savannah, April 6.-Dr.
Steps. Lieut.. Boyd, c. c. Porter, M.
r. Marier Mrs. Tingley, Mrs. Tingley
and daughter, Ernest Copson, Louis
Fisher, j. o. Noles, G. E. Sawyer, Mr..
Mead, Mr.. Drake, Miss Ruth Hull,
Mrs. w. j. Leahey Bernard Kearsy,
II. Knowles, Charles LIE Clair, Miss
Perry, Miss H. Moore, Mrs. John NAL
lock, E. b. Tilton, w. A. Farnsworth.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
FIRE AT CORDELE.

fire at ,Cordele Saturday burned
four houses. The houses burned were
one for ]: L. Graham, two for Jim Ray
and one fer John Williams B. W.
Wheeler's resideree was also badly
damaged. Several of the parties also
lost their household furniture.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

Fps; South Jersey sweets, $2.5OG3.5o
Peanuts, steady; fancy hand-picked
"A 94i2c; other domestic, "a @4Ec
Cabbages, quiet; domestic barrels
old, $l00; new, S2OO@275.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, pc.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
FLORIDA.
SLAPPED A WHITE GIRL.

Anna Milliner, a negro woman, was
arraigned before Mayor Thomas at
Gainesville upon the charge of as
saulting Miss Rosa Smith, a young
white girl. Evidence in the case de-
veloped the fact that because Miss
Smith would not give her the entire
sidewalk, she slapped her. A sentence
of sixty days in Jail was imposed
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
COTTON SEED OIL,

New York, April 6.-Cotton seed oil
quiet and steady on spot; prime crude,
f. o. b. mills, 3312@3414c; prime sum.
mer yellow, Ale; off summer yellow
3712@SSc; prime white, 45c; prime win
q. 90 nominal
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
sTREETER,S body ForNn.

The body of E. S. Streeter, who dis
appeared from Social Circle ten days
ago, was found Saturday afternoon in
Alcovey river, near Covington. All eV-
idence shows suicide
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET

Chicago, April GA better tone pre-
vailed in both the grain and provision
pits to-day after an easier opening
May wheat closing Nc higher. with
corn and oats unchanged. Provisions
were from 5 to 1215c higher.
The leading futures ranged as FOL.
lows:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
COastwise EXPORTS.

Per steamship City of Savannah. to
New York, April sos bales upland
cotton, 1.099 bales sea island cotton.
1870 barrels naval stores, 141 tons pig
iron. 157, 440 feet lumber, 4,62S packages
general merchandise.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
ToUcHEp LIE sENAron.

Tampa Tribune Senator ]. E.
Broome, who arrived in the city yes
terday, was the victim of a shrewd
burglar, who entered his room in the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Mate of the Bark shetland Lost
Overheard on the Voyage Down
from New YOrk-Purse for Capt.
Dix of the III-Fated Schooner
Il. ii. Weaver-Of Interest to Sea-
men.
Capt. Heath of the American bark
Shetland, which arrived yesterday
from New York, reports that on the
morning of March 81, between 2 and 4
o'clock, Mate Thomas Anderson was
washed overheard southwest of Cape
Hatteras. 1t is not known just when
Anderson was lost. When the watch to
follow him reported at the wheel the
mate was not to be seen anywhere.
The tug William McCauley returned
yesterday from a cruise along the coast
up as far as North Carolina, in search
of the wrecked steamer E. II. Weaver.
The crew of the Weaver was brought
in by the schooner Isabella Gill. The
McCduley spoke on Sunday the schoon-
er Everett Webster, bound for Dale
Creek, S. c., with all well.
The sale of the tug Abram Minis
probably means that the last power
full ocan-going tug has been owned
here for a while. For the work that
offered the Propeller Towboat Com
pany made a success with the Minis
during the time she was operated here.
But a vessel of this class is not in
sufficient steady demand to keep it
regularly, and, therefore, profitably en-
ployed. The New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk Railway is using the
Minis regularly, day and night, with
one day off in each month to clean
boilers.
Capt. l.. E. Dix, former master of
the Inflated schooner e. II. Weaver
thanks the shipping men and others
who have kindly made up "a purse for
him. In the loss of his vessel the cap
tain suffers. but comes out with great
honors for his brave conduct. Not I'M
til all his men We're saved would he
leave the burning schooner and by re-
naming until last he suffered severe
burning and was barely rescued His
was the conduct of the brave seaman,
and approaches a practice of the doc
trine to love thy brother as myself"
For his relief a neat purse was made
up and presented to him. Capt Dix
Will leave tomorrow for the North.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
STOCKS AND BONDS.
Continued from Eleventh Page.

Continued from Eleventh Page.
reported for Boston account, supposed
to be in the pursuit of a bear cam
paign.
The bond market was dull and ir-
regular. Total sales par value, 1885,
900. United States new As, registered,
declined Il per cent, and the new As,
coupon, q per cent. The old As adj
vanced u per cent. on the last call
Total sales of stocks were 505,200
shares, including Atchison, 29,3O0; Bal
timore and Ohio, 1920; Canadian Pa
cific, 500; Erie, 12,400; Union Pacific,
50, SEQ; Wabash preferred, 800; Cop
per, 1O,7OO; Brooklyn, 1900; Manhat-
tan, 1900; National Railroad of Mexi-
co, $500; Missouri Pacific. 26,20O; Penn
sylvania, 4S,400; Reading, 1850; ST.
Jaul, 27,300; Southern Pacific, 1900;
Sugar, %, 100; United States Steel T.
800; United States Steel preferred, g.
$50; Rock Island, $4,000.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

Vessels Sailed YESTERDAY

Steamer Louise, Stettin, and steamer
Castleventry, Bremen and Hamburg.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Official quotations are not
used when they disagree with the
prices wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market bare and firm;
springers, 60@75c; per pair. hens, 5000
$1.O0; ducks, 90c@$1,0O; turkeys, $50
18c per pound.
EGGS = Tennessee, lac; Georgia
country 13c.
BUTTER-The tone of the market is
firm. Quotations. Cooking, 21c; New
York state 24c; Elgins, 27c.
CHEESE-Market firm; fancy, full
cream cheese, 1914 016c for 20 and %
pound averages; % to 3O-pound aver
ages, 1561515c.
WHITE PEA BEANS-$2.60 bushel.
POTATOES-s2.2 5 per barrel
CABBAGE-$1.50 crates or barrels.
BreadstuRs, Hay and Grain.
FLOUR-Patent, $4.S5; straights,
s4.15; fancy, 1885; family, $3.50;
spring wheat, best patent, $500.
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel, 1925; per
sack, $1.45; city meal, per sack, bolted,
S1.35; water ground, $1.35 (Pierce);
city grits, sacks, $1.45; Pearl grits,
Hudnuts, per barrel, 1885; per sack,
$3.50.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

G. w. Stevens and wife. Miss c. Moore.
Miss Marlborough, Miss Sadie Scott,
Miss Corners. H. Farndr, G. E. Ste
vens, John Fleit and son, w. ]. Will
loughby, o. Hall, S. H. Owens. z. A.
Atkinson, w H. Robbins, four girls
from Magnolia Hotel. st. Augustine,
II. Williams, Frank Williams, w. j.
Buchannon, John Sackiman, Mrs.
Ralph and child, A. Peterson, G. II.
Giles, N. J. Gillespie, Miss Smith, Miss
Eva Lanier, r. Smart, Rev. H. NJ.
Moore and wife, ]. F. HaZen and wife,
Mr.. Wilson and wife, G. NJ. Douglas
and wife, Miss NJ. B. Paten, Roy Payne.
]. D. Hidler, Miss Nellie White, Mrs.
w. A. Butts, Mrs. j. ]. Grass, Mrs.
Mcqueen, L. B. Schmedling, r. E.
Mauney and wife, w. c. Waddell and
wife, Mrs Perryman, L. c. Small, Miss
A. NJ. Davis, Mrs. S. NJ. Robbins,
Thomas Berner, C. Taft, Miss Yarbor-
ough, Miss Faulke, Mrs. J. c. Halle
and family, Miss Sullivan, Miss Rob-
erts, James Morrison. j. H! Burnham.
F. c. Green and wife, G. w. Willard
and wife, Mr.. Dow, Mr.. Erego. Mr..
buckley, Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Weyth-
man, Mr.. alderman, Mr. Legnn MIR.
Lauer and eighty-five marines.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
Graybeara Cured Him.

"Graybeard cured me of rheumatism
and l consider it the best medicine I
ever took for rheumatism. 1 recon-
mend 1t to my friends.
Chas. N. Thomas,
Member of ]. 4 c. N. Thomas, Jew
elers, 1S6 Whitaker Street.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

sacks, 39c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 40c;
125-pound burlap sacks. 49c; 125-pound
cotton sacks, soc; 200-pound burlap
sacks, TIC.
HIDEs-Market fine; dry flint, 121ac;
dry salt, 1012o; green sailed, SIC.
WOOL..Firm; prime Georgia. free
of sand burrs and black wool, 20c;
black, lie; bury. 12@13c. Wax, &c;
tallow. &c. Deer skins. zoe.
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM, PLASTERS AND
CONGRATULATIONS and Georgia lime
in fair demand and sell at $4,000 a
barrel; special calcined plaster, $1.50@
1.65 per barrel; hair, 4@5c, Rosedale
cement, $1.20@1.35; carload lots, spe-
cial; Portland cement, retail, $2I5;
carload lots, $20O@2.1O.
LUMBER-Market firm. Quotations.:
Sawn ties, per NJ feet, $10.50@11; hewn
ties Gx9xS19), 4Oc each; hewn ties
(6xS), 26c; switch ties, $1150; minimum,
easy size yard stock, $12@14; car stills,
s14@16; ship stock, s22.
OIL-Perfection Signal Oil, 42c, in
barrels; Pratt's Astral, 161ac, in bar
rels; Aladdin Security 151hc. in bar
Standard White, 141ac in barrels; D. S.
Gasoline, in barrels, Ice; D. S. Case
lire, in drums, lac; Sc degrees Case
line, in drums, 1Sc; SO benzine, in
drums, lac; linseed oil, raw, 47c;
boiled, 49c; lard oil, Gle.
SHOT-Drop, $1.6O; B. B. and large,
$1.S5; chilled, $1S5.
IRON-Market firm; refined, $2.40;
Swede, sc.
NAILs-Cut. s2.45 base; wire, s2.45
base.
BARRED WIRE = 1925 per 100
pounds.
GUNPOWDER = Per key, Austin
l. hot n. LoIf IL, 90
ter kegs, $40; champion ducking,
quarter key. $2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, $3.45; quarter, $780, three
pound, $2.10; one pound, 75c; less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton BagginE and Ties.
BAGGING-Marl1et firm; jute, 2
pound, SIC; sea island bagging, lie.
Ties-Standard 45-inch arrow, large
lots. S1.05: small lots, $1.15.
Bacon. Hams and Lard.
Market strong and advancing.
T. . Quits ''''..'.'...'....... sac
y: .. plates ........ ................ 99sc
Western heavy bellies ............ 10%c
Eastern light bellies .........111kc
Eastern medium bellies .........u c
Eastern heavy bellies .107kc
D. S. c. r. sides ...............10 sac
Smoked c. r. sides ...............11Hc
HAMS-Sugar cured, 14@15c; picnic
mans, 1001OAc.
LARD-Pure. in tierces, 1OAc: So
pound tins and S0-pound tubs, 1O%c;
compound, in tierces, Sc; 5O-pound tins
and S0-pound tubs, SB@SAc.
miscellaneous.
FISH-Mackerel half barrels, No. 1,
$1,000; No. 2, $1,000; No. 8, $500; kits,
No. 1, $1.45; No. 2, $1.35; No. 3, 1925;
Goldfish, 1-pound bricks, &c; 2-pound
bricks, SEC; smoked herrings, per box,
10000; Dutch herrings, in kegs, $11O;
new mullets, half barrels, $3.75.
SYRUP-Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 25@26c; SELL
ing at 2S@30c; sugar house at 151@
1Sc.
HIGH WINES-Ba sis, $131.
HONEY-Fair demand; strained, in
barrels 40c gallon
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

Get Graybeard at all drug stores. 81
a bottle.
Graybeard Pills. little treasures, ESQ
the box.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
Shining Memoranda.

Steamship City of Savannah, Dag
gett, New York.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

ss:faDs PuT Soaring BO5.:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

Baltimore, April 6.-Seaboard, COM
mon. PAY; do preferred, 4OA; do As,
81; Atlantic Coast Line, common, 124h
bid; do preferred, unchanged.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

Savannah Almanac, 18th Meridian
Time.
Sun rises at Cos a. m. and sets at
6:46 p. IN.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07

High water at Tybee to-day at $50
a. m. and 4:07 p. m. High water at
Savannah one hour later.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
AMERICAN MEAT
DEALERS WON
Why Attempt to Discriminate Against
Them-London Was Dropped.
Special FOREIGN Service.

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Sept. 12.-American meat
importers have proved too strong for
the powerful corporation of the city Of
London, which controls Smithfield
market. For months there has been
an cutlery because the American sec
ton was getting control of the best
shops and stores in the market, to the
exclusion of English and Scotch firms.
Representations were made to the cor
poration that they were acting I'M
periodically. with the result that the
markets committee promised to con-
slider the proposal submitted to them.
The organizers Of the anti-American
movement threatened all sorts of pains
and penalties if the corporation refused
to give British importers and sales
men precedence in acquiring space in
the market.
The Americans did not wait for the
committees decision. They went
quietly to work, perfected a scheme by
which they would be enabled to do
without Smithfeld market and the
London corporation. and then laid
the plan before the markets commit
tee. asking blandly if it was the inten-
ton of the corporation to shut out free
competition in the market, to the pref
udice of it's American tenants. AS the
absence of the American element in
the market would leave half the shops
empty and necessarily lower rents, the
committee decided forthwith to reject
the proposals for discrimination.
The American scheme, briefly out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
IRISH MARBLE FOR
CONSUELO'S HOUSE
Her Grace VIII Have No italian Grub
bisia" in the New London Mansion.

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Sept. 12.-Irish marble will
replace the Italian stuff that proved such
a disappointment to the Duchess of MARI
borough in her splendid new mansion in
Mayfair. She had given instructions to
the builders that no marble was to be
liked in the great staircase before she had
first inspected it, and she was Mortified
to find on one of her incidental visits that
some common stuff had been placed in
position. She Immediately ordered the
architect to clear the stone out of the
place. describing 1t as rubbish
The duchess had heard much about the
beauty of Connemara marble and she
went quietly over to Galway and saw the
quarrleS for herself. She was so delight
ed with what she saw that she there and
then ordered what she thought was nee
essary without consulting either the
builders or her own architect. She was
doubly pleased to learn also that the
quarries in question were run by an
American syndicate and that the great
bulk of the marble was shipped to the
United States. These are the quarries
which the king and queen visited during
their recent tour in Ireland.
The duchess told the manager that she
would recommend the marble to all her
friends. both in England and America
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

elephant which went for $500, and a
number of wolves which averaged only
$3.50 apiece. Animal dealers say that
twenty years ago these animals could
not have been bought for twice the
sums which purchased them the other
day, and they declare that the value
OF other beasts has deprecated.
Although once the animal market of
the world, London now has COMPARE
lively few large dealers. Most of the
British steamship lines have abolished
the practice, so common years ago, of
allowing captains to bring a few wild
animals from foreign ports as sort of
perqufsite and now charge high freight
on what they term risky cargo" These
new arrangements have diverted i'm
portation to continental ports where no
such restrictions exist, and the big
dealers of today are to be found prin-
c1pally in Hamburg and Antwerp
Pumas. which now cost $2G0 to import
into England, can be picked up at Ant
werp for $50, while other prices range
in proportion.
: The dealers still left in London now
handle rare animals and birds almost
exclusively. A fine rhinoceros is worth
$4,000, and white specimen might sell
for $4,000. CRATES now average from
$1,500 to $4,000, and they are not plen-
tiful
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
SPIRE OF CHARITIES
CATHEDRAL TOPPLES
Famous Structure Is Sustained by
ScaffoIding temporarily.
Special Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service
PARIS, Sept. Ito their disgust
the many Americans who have visited
Charities lately to see the celebrated
cathedral there have found the Oldest
and more beautiful of it's spires almost
hidden by ugly Scaffolding. That scat
folding, however, was not put up one
moment too soon, for the venerable
spire, which for some time has shown
signs of decay, recently cracked in sew
eral places, and there was real danger
that this glorious piece of twelfth CEN
fury architecture which Violet le-Duc,
the great expert, described as one of
the most Interesting in all France
might come crushing down before any
restoration of it could be ATTEMPTED.
However, the government architects
instantly gave orders to throw scat
folding around the tower, and this was
done inside three weeks. 1t was dam
gerous, as well as quick, work on ac-
count of the spires height of $50 feet,
but the undertaking was carried
through without single accident.
The task of strengthening the
hope that it can be done so thorough
ly that the graceful and ancient spire
will be safe for years to come.
. Charities cathedral, which many eX-
perts have called the grandest in
FPancesSstands upon high ground al
most directly in the center of the an
cient town on the Eure. It was begun
in 1894, the older of its two great
spires-that recently in danger-being
added about century later, and the
second and higher in the sixteenth
century, its builder being Jean de
-Beauce. Architects never have ceased
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
Verb. Sap.

The following incident is told of pop
ular and well-to-do Thirty-second ward
bachelor who is patron of the Wagner
institute branch of the free library:
Il am going to the country, Miss
Blank" he said to the young lady at the
desk, land want to take a couple of in
teresting novels, but 1 can't make up my
mind which two to select. Couldn't you
help me out?"
''I am afraid my selections might not
prove interesting to YOU replied Miss
Blank.
Just pick out two books for me, and
I'll guarantee to like Them" herejoined,
calamity.
Have you read Barrie's or Reades
novels?" she asked.
mo; get me one of each, and III be
satisfied" he replied.
She selected two and handed them to
her spouseless acquaintance. who. after
warmly thanking her for the favor she
had gone him. turned UP the backs of the
books and read these titles:
when a Mans Single"
sit Is Never Too Late to Mend. -
Philadelphia Ledger.