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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

conservative finds it necessary to fur
nish remedy he advances one so i'm
practical as to raise doubts concerning
his sanity. 1t would be far easier to
restore yesterdays thunder shower
than to reinstate the outgrown sys-
tenn of competition. 1t would be as
progressive to advocate a return to
stage coaches and scythes as to argue
in favor of thousands of little COM
peting factories, thousands of little
JerkWater railroads. tens of thousands
of useless superintendent and hum
dreds of thousands of petty retailers.
And all this wonderful transforma-
ton is to come to pass at the dictum of
court. At their command Progress
shall unravel thirty years of weaving.
At the sight of a bit of parchment
the dead who fell in the wars of COM
petition shall rise again in their shrouds
and renew the conflict. I never expect
TO witness such a sight, Judge Sawyer"
You are ardent in your defense of
trusts this evening" remarked the
judge.
Il am not defending anything" re-
turned Col. Monroe. Il have attempt
ed to say a few kind words for evolu-
ton. Did you ever plant pumpkin
seeds. judge"
L believe I have" answered Judge
Sawyer, with a puzzled smile.
did you ever notice how peculiar
they look when they first sprout from
the ground?"
They look as if the seed had been
forced up too soon, as l remember" he
said after a pause.
Exactly So" continued Col
Monroe. when I was a boy 1 did
what hundreds of other boys have
done The sprout did not look right to
me. I thought that the fool seed had
come up too soon, and so / pulled up
the plants and set them out again. To
my infantile mind nature had made
mistake, and I felt responsible for the
future of those pumpkins. But my in
reference was fatal to those seeds and
they never sprouted again. Perhaps
some of us make the same mistake in
examining the trust sprouts. They
expose only the rough shell and look
as if they need replanting. But if we
look beneath that shell of selfishness
we might discover the germ of
sturdy plant whose roots are already
embedded in a friendly soil. If we
wait a little while the swelling leaves
will cast aside the rough shell and the
vine will take on new form and
strength under the influence of rain
and sunshine. But you must not tear
it up; you cannot tear it up. The day
is near when the trust will be the tool
of industry and of distribution, and
not as at present, it's master"
MY notions are doubtless old-fash-
ioned," admitted Judge Sawyer, but
l still hope to see the day when com
petition will break down these combi-
nations. Competition is natures first
law"
You are in error, Judge" insisted
Col Monroe. Cooperation and
coordination rule the universe, and
the time is at hand when industry
and production must come under their
sway"
Il don't know about that" said
Postmaster Jenkins. breaking a long
silence and shaking his head sagely,
1.-The trusts will raise an awful big
campaign fund this next election,
Colonel
Copyright, 1903, by Frederick Upham
Adams)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
FRENCH LINGERIE
BEDECKED WITH
MUCH HANDWORK
BY HARRIET HAWLEY.

The lingerie now displayed in the
French shops will be widely initiated,
for handwork is it's keynote, and fine
stitches can be the property of no ex-
elusive country or epoch. Rather they
are the result of skill and time.
Among the display of feminine dain-
tiness, the silk garments are the first
to attract the eye Never were they
in such abundance and variety. The
combination of pale pink, blue or
snowy white china wash silk with
fllmy laces is particularly happy
one, and is the more frequently to be
met with.
The craze for coarse thread laces
does not obtain in the field of silk
lingerie, so that valenciennes contin-
ues to be en- regle. Fine silk thread
laces are also appliqued, but they are
not for practical uses, as they are ant
to yellow in the washing. This, how
ever, would be no defect in the eyes
of some extremists who incline to the
creamy yellow laces. But though corn
color seems to have invaded every
sanctum this spring, the world of
woman will cling, as a whole, to the
pure white laces.
In the case of both the silk robe de
mutt and the chemise, the empire FASH
ions are largely followed. The empire
yolk is almost invariably formed of
solid lace insertion, whose filmy
meshes scarcely veil the white skin
beneath. The elbow sleeves are close
ly inserted with the lace. From the
elbow a flowing ruffie of solid insertion
usually falls to a depth of five or six
inches The effect is extremely gIace-
full. From the yoke the fullness of the
skirt is arranged in vertical tucks
running to a depth of three or four
inches although the soft texture of the
silk readily lends itself to silken folds,
or gathers.
In the absence of lace, hand en-
broidery in six of the same shade, is
feature. Sprays of embroidered
flowers almost entirely cover the en-
pire yoke or ornament it's frequent
accompaniment-the short pointed
rever, which is generally lace edged
Indeed, lace and embroidery are in
| frequent conjecture.
Wide satin gibbon, with a central line
of lace insertion, from under which tn,
ribbon has been cut. is an innovation
| in both the silk and linen lingerie
| In the corset covers it is used in vertI
| cal stripes with charming effect. Il
| the skirts it can be used to even bet
ter purpose. The satin gloss of tn,
| ribbon gives richness, while the shee
insertioH gives relief from heaviness.
The silk peignoirs are particular,
fetching. They are literally a mas
of lace and insertion. One creation
in pale blue silk had the yoke anc
| sleeves of solid lace insertion. Tn,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
FRESH WATER
DEVIL FISH THAT
KILL TROUT

One day in the summer, the officials
of the United States Fish Commission
Hatchery in Leadville. Col, discovered
that great numbers of their newly
Matched trout were dying as fast as
they left their eggs.
For several days it was impossible to
find out what was the matter. The
water proved to be pure under chemi-
cal examination. But one morning
when a great flash of sunlight hap
pened to fall into the breeding trough,
an attendant saw multitude of
strange, living creatures, as transpar-
ent as glass, fixed by long stems to the
sides and bottom of the trough and
waving slender tentacles from tiny
black mouths at the free ends of the
stems.
They were hydras-the devil fish of
fresh water. They were less than an
inch long, but the microscope showed
that, despite their delicacy and tininess,
they were ferocious and deadly.
They would settle on a little trout,
and throw out their tiny darts. These
darts, although they are so minute that
they can be seen only with microscopes
of very high power, are so powerful
that they penetrate even the thick skin
of grown fishes and then the hydra
secretes a fluid which paralyzes the
victim.
When the fish culturists discovered
hydras they We're sure at once that the
remarkable deaths of the newly hatch
ed trout were to be ascribed to them
But to make quite sure, number OF
perfectly healthy trout were selected
and placed in sterilized troughs. Their
hydras were introduced into some
troughs, while the others were left
pure. The fext day the trout in the
pure troughs were just as healthy and
comfortable as ever; but the trout ir
the troughs with the hydras were dead
1t was found by the watchers that
rs per cent. of the trout were Killed
within less than thirty minutes by the
almost invisible creatures: go per cent
of the trout persisted in forty-five
minutes; so per cent. in sixty minutes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

ousting bristles is that of PAINTING
! Very soon the paint brush will disap-
| pear before the paint spraying ma
chine. For covering large surfaces the
| economy effected by the paint spray is
| almost miraculous. By way of a fest
OF what was possible, a man using a
| compressed air painter recentlv COW
cred $4,000 square feet of surface with
an even coast of paint in six and a
haf hours. smaller air-bru has
! been made for the use of artists. The
patent for this latter machine brought
over $4,000.
AT the Agricultural Hall, Islington
there was recently shown a pneumatic
milking machine. The apparatus works
| py means of pulsators, and effects a
saving of more than so per cent of time
and labor, beside insuring that the
mix shall be fresh and uncontaminat-
ca. Inc cows soon get used to it. and
prefer the machine to the hand meth
cd.
For the ringing of heavy bells and of
CHIMES, no power has ebeen found to
Surpass compressed air. At the church
of st. German PAuxerrois, in Paris.
which was finished in the year 1878 is
an orchestra chime, said to be the
largest in the world. There are forty
four bells in the set, and until a COM
pressed air plant was installed it was
found impossible successfully to ring
them. One man plays them now as
I easily as if they were an organ. A key
board is beneath his hand and when
he presses a key an electric trigger
opens valve in the steeple, which ad-
mitts compressed air to a piston con-
nected with a clapper which strikes the
bell.
To engineers and builders of the
neumatic hammer is a boon beyond
words. To give some idea of the econo-
my effected by it's use, it may be men
| toned that rivets which cost Az pence
apiece to drive by the old hand meth
cd are now driven for a mere fraction
over penny apiece
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and 100 per cent. in seventy-fiye min
! utes.
| With the microscope, the watchers
could see the hydras throw their tiny
arms around the trout and hang on,
with their mouths or sucking disks
closely applied to the body of the
struggling fish. The trout fought
frantically as soon as the hydras be-
gan their attack, but they could not
shake them off.
The hydra is one of the most common
of fresh water forms of life, and also
one of the most wonderful. Owing to
it's small size and it's generally trans
parent appearance, il is not easy
for anyone who is unskilled in pracu-
cal natural history study to see the hy-
dras even in ponds where there are
millions of them.
Although the hydra usually remains
firmly anchored to shores. rocks or
weeds by a flower-like stem, it is capa-
BILE of motion and changes its location
whenever necessary.
Its arms, all placed in a ring around
its wicked though tiny mouth, are adj
justed as are those of the huge devil
fish of the ocean. The fresh water hy
dra is a microscopical edition of Victor
, Hugo's famous octopus in the Toll
ers of the Sea"
Hydras produce in two ways. At GER
tain seasons they lay eggs like other
inhabitants of the water. These eggs
settle to the bottom where they finally
hatch out. But besides laying eggs,
the hydra does something that is the
act of a plant and not of an animal 1t
throws out queer little shoots, exactly
like buds. These buds grow to a GER
tain size and then begin to develop a
mouth and tentacles. As soon as these
appendages are we'll formed. the bud"
breaks away from the parent stem and
swims off to live a life of its own
Sometimes a hydra will be found bear
ing as many as six of these wonderful
buds"
The hydra is a creature that it is al
most impossible to kill If it is cut
into small pieces, and left in the water,
each piece becomes a complete hydra
in a few days
Until they began to gill the trout in
the LeadVille hatchery nobody sus-
pected that hydras were anything ex-
cept curious marvels. All the natural
lists who have studied them remained
ignorant of the fact that they are dan
gerous TO fish life. Now science will be
invoked to fight them and a new en-
envy is thus placed on the long list of
dangerous creatures.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
MONEY IN AIR.
Various Uses to Which the Atmoa.
Dhere Has Been Put.
From London Answers


From London Answers.
Railways would find it difficult to get
on without the use of compressed air.
Boring plates of steel in the locomo-
tive works is almost everywhere ac-
complished by the use of compressed
air machinists. The Great Eastern
works at Stratford have a complete
outfit for pneumatic borers. Up-to-date
signalling entirely depends upon the
use of air The London and South
western has partially adopted the
pneumatic signaling system. The points
and signals are moved by compressed
air, conveyed underground in pipes.
and soon wires will be no more seen.
The saving of time, labor, space and
capital is enormous. The Southwestern
is beginning to install the system at
Basingstoke, and will gradually extend
1t over the rest of it's line.
For cleaning, busting and sweeping
purposes compressed air, far excels any
broom or buster ever made. For car
pets and cushions it is particularly
useful. pipe hattened at the end TO
the shape of a spade is used, and air
rushing with great force through the
narrow slit, carried off every particle
of dust. One man can do the work Of
three armed with brooms, while there
is an equally immense saving in wear
and tear, for air. of course, does not
destroy fabric as bristle do. Clothes
and uniforms are also brushed in the
same fashion
Another industry IN which air is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

What is this Northern Securities
row that the papers are talking so
much about?" asked Postmaster Jen-
kins. "All can make out of it is that
the court decided against something
and there was a big rumpus on Wall
street. What's it all about?"
"A federal court has decided that
two competing railroads cannot con-
solidate," said Col. Monroe. THE
case has been appealed and now comes
before the Supreme Court. Without
the slightest doubt, it is the most i'm
portant case that ever has been pre-
scented to that or to any other court.
Have you followed the case, Judge
Sawyer"
with absorbing interest" declared
Judge Sawyer. Il hope the Supreme
Court will affirm the decision of the
lower one and settle this trust ques-
ton for all time. 1t will put an effec-
fual stop to the growing power and
arrogance of those men who seem de-
termined to mass all the wealth of the
country in few hands. 1t is high
time that the courts interfered."
You Jeftersonian Democrats are in
queer straits at this crisis in our po-
litical and economic history" laughed
Col. Monroe. You are demand
ing that the courts interfere and pre-
vent citizens from exercising the
sacred right of private contract. You
ask that John Jones be restrained
from purchasing John Smiths prop
erty. 1t is worse than that. John
Jones has purchased and has been
given possession of John Smiths prop
erty, and Smith is entirely satisfied
with the arrangement. Smith is anx-
ious to retire from business. He has
found that competition with Jones is
not profitable and welcomes the
chance to get his money back The
court says he cannot sell. Do I state
the situation rightly?"
You do not" declared Judge Saw
yer, who IL tender on the subject Of
his Jeffersoidan allegiance. There is
. third Party TO bs considered The
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
COLONEL M0NR0E'S DOCTRINE
The LincOinville Philosopher Offers
Some Original Views on the
Futures of Trusts.

By FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS.
Copyright, 1903, by Frederick Upham
Adams.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
John Shannon bands.

After waiting all these years and
patiently enduring several defeats at
the polls, John Shannon has finally
gotten an "orfice." He has recently
received al appointment as a guard at
the penitentlary at salary Of $50 per
month and pay his own expenses
Johns ambition was about twice as
big as that, but he doubtless remember.
ed the little adage about "a bird in
the hand" Mr.. Shannon left yester-
day to get acquainted with his new
job. The only admonitlon that the
Index desires to send after him is that
he fail not to get back next year to
"vote FER straight
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
Entertained.

Rev. and Mrs. Griffin entertained on
Thursday evening of last week between
fifty and sixty young people at their
home complimentary to Misses Jessie
Rankin. Zella sherwood, Lillian Cook,
Anna Muller, Mary Anderson, Messrs
Walter Owen and Harry Sellers, ow-
Ing to thedeparture of the young ladies
TO their respective schools, and young
men to their Law and Medical schools.
They will be missed both in the church
and social circles. The evening was
spent In games and music, after which
refreshments were served.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
C. s. Heskett Dangerously Ill.

Word comes from Kiowa that Casslus
s. Heskett is lying at the point of death
with typhoid fever and that no hopes
whatever are entertained for his recov-
cry. He was working with the Kauff
man & O'Neil Grain Company. The
people of Medicine Lodge and all over
Barber county who know Mr.. Heskett
regret to hear such bad news and still
hope that his sickness may yield to
treatment.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

DR.. b. 4. Burney and wife moved
back to Medicine Lodge last Friday.
They moved to Klowa several years ago
but were never fully satisfied and are
glad to get back to Medicine Lodge.
They and their sons, Charlie and Harry,
nave rented Mrs. Cooks residence on
Washington avenue. Harry has been
employed by II. D. Fair. He will be
here next week.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
ALarGe Party.

The party given by Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Q. Chandler on Tuesday of last week
In honor Of little Margaret's second
birthday was attended by about 200
children and they all had all the re-
treatments they could wish for and
their joys eliminated in ride on the
automobile. Everyone in attendance
was given ride.
All the children of Medicine Lodge
sing the praises Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chandler as a consequence of this
party.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

The following stock shipments were
made Sunday: Roblnsons Bros. 2 cars.
Frank Hicks 2 cars, Purdy s. Clay 1
car, VIM: Fuller Car, L.sD. Elliott l
Car. j. nj. Grouse 2 cars, Amos Ash l
car. q. j. Helsse 2 cars. j. B. Winters 2
cars, Albert uads cars. Most Of this
train load consisted of calves. Only a
few cars OF COWS were among them.
Under present prices a calf is worth
almost So much as COW.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Riley Lake, of Lake City was In the
city On business. He came over from
WiImore. where he was holding two cars
OF COWS awaiting cars for shipment.
Mr. Lake reports his stock in good con.
dition and his crops up to the average.
He is q great friend to alfalfa and is
seeding all the available land on his
large ranch to this valuable crop. He
says he Is disposinR of quantities of
his wheat for seed AS it is of the famous
lOl ranch stock. ..... Fred william. of
Medicine Lodge Is in this vicinity look.
Ing after his stock interests. He ex.
poets about the last OF the month to
close out his cattle which are being
held In the. Wallace pasture, east OF
town.. M. +. Caste, of Medicine
Lodge who was one of our pioneer
sfockmen, located north of Protection.
spent several days the first of the week
looking over Comanche county bar.
gains. He has disposed of his Barber
county farm and seems anxious to 10.
cate with us again.-Coldwater journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

q. Z. Chandler and WaldrOn Chase
and the automobile got home on Sun
day. They were out five days and
during that time covered consider.
able territory. From here they went
to kiowa and The next heard of them
was when We read in the Kansas City
Star that they were ont at Ashland and
Meade. The auto seems to be handler
than the .kivered keers."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
List Of Jurors.

The following are the jurors draw
for the October term Of court:
A. D. Baldwin. Mingona.
G. r. Evans, Valley.
r. C. Warren. Elm Mills.
e. l.. McCracken, Elwood.
]. W. Lewis. Kiowa.
NJ. A. Davis. Lake City.
Frank Overstreet, Kiowa.
VIM. Shuts. Turkey Creek.
j. H. Marshal. Kiowa.
A. G. Collins. Hazelton.
J.R. Newsom, Sharon.
r. L. Robinson, Sharon.
Henry Warnataff, Lake City.
Olaf Olson, Moore.
81. d. Fair, Medicine Lodge.
w. r. Lepper, Sharon.
W. ii. Hu6aker, Sharon.
F. G. Stone, Medicine Lodge.
Court convenes October 18th.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
A Jumping Contest.

The local sporting fraternity have
matched jumping contest, S25 a side,
20 be pulled of in Medicine Lodge on
Saturday. The contestants are Watt
Oolos who lives a few miles west OF
town. and - Roberts of Deerhead,
the foot racer. ball player and general
al round athlete OF western Barber.
The first jump will decide the cham.
pionship.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

I.P. Bowman and wife Of Cassville.
No.. arrived in the city on Monday OF
last week to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Emma johnson. On their way out
they stopped at South Haven in Summer
county to visit Grandfather and Grand
mother Skinner who are Mrs. Bow
mans parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Bowman
will leave tomorrow.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Sometimes it comes handy for a
newspaper TO have o multiplicity of
editors. There are instances In which
people do not like to stand tor what
appears in their paper and IL is moe to
be In position to shift the responsi
bility. The Barber county paper which
has four editors Is certainly In luck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Fl. D. Fair will give away a AZ piece
handsomely decorated semi. porcelain
Dinner Set In connection with his sales
of "Silk Patent" Flour. With every So
10. sack OF flour you get a number. The
number is under seal and the person
holding the corresponding number
draws the prlZe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
Bragg.Smith.

James NJ. Bragg, son of Register of
Deeds w. l.. Bragg. of Eagle township,
and Vivian NJ. Smith Of Eiwood town.
ship, will be married today at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Bragg in
this city. Probate Judge Gleason will
officiRte.
The Index is pleased to extend con-
gratulations to this worthy young cou-
pie.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

/, j. D. Scott sold the blue front store
building just north Of the Bickel build.
ing on the east side OF the square to
Jim Underwood and Jim Smythe. of
Medicine Lodge. Kansas. Considera-
tion $1,000. We did not learn what
kind OF business they are figuring on
AIva Pioneer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Mrs. Grace Ileland is recovering from
her injuries slowly and will soon be
able to be up. There ought to be some
way in which she could be put on the
pension list for life and then she would
be poorly paid for the ordeal through
which she passed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Saturday, Sept. 5th about 40 friends
gathered at the home OF Mr.. Albert
Nelson TO celebrate Mrs. Nelson's 18th
birthday. They had an enjoyable time
together eating ice cream and cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson are held in high
esteem By all who know them.-Capron
Hustler.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

John Cullison sold his personal effects
at public auction on the streets Satur.
day. Lall Sparks who is acquiring q
reputation as an auctioneer, cried the
sale. John is goihg to move to Capron,
Oklahoma this week
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

HarYe Miller severed his connection
with the City Hotel Monday and re-
turned to his farm. He says he did
fairly we'll in the business but he could
not dispose Of his stock and farming
effects and thought it would pay better
to take personal charge of them.