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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Sir William Laird Cloves advocates
a novel remedy for refractory cases OF
insomnia. II have recommended such
people, after having ascertained what
is likely to be the most comfortable
position for sleep" he says, ito aff1x
a small bright light two or three feet
above the head, so that in order to see
1t without moving the head the eyes
must be rotated upward. For this ur-
pose an ordinary electric glow lamp,
covered with opaque black paper. in
which is cut a hole the size or pins
head, is very suitable, provided, of
course, that the hole be arranged so
that it is in or near the imaginary line
joining the glowing filament and the
position which the eyes will occupy
The brighter and smaller the point Of
light the better. Let the upward-ro-
tated eyes be directed steadfastly at
this, a persistent effort being en-
ployed, not necessarily to keep the eye
lids open, but to keep the eyes them
selves bent upon the required spot"
This plan, Sir William Cloves de-
clares, he has found extraordinarily
nay, Observation-Disclosures
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
G ri

Republican campaign fund might be
secured. The position, at the same
time, might be valuable in a personal
sense because of the possibilities of
graft, which were involved in these
same contracts and in the liberal al
lowances which it was in the power
OF the chief to grant to different post
ofhceS. Just to what extent these op-
portunities were taken advantage of
under the Beavers regime II is impos-
sible yet to disclose
That the Heath ring did perform good
service for the Republican National
Committee, of which Heath is secre-
tary. and for the Republican party,
is attested by the anxiety of some very
influential Republicans to prevent the
disclosures concerning its operations.
Beavers was very close to Heath, as
was Nicely. whom Heath sent to Cuba,
and who fattened at the expense of
the Cuban postal funds. Heath him
self is a practical politician, with the
emphasis on the practical" He was
favorite of President Mckinley and
easily won place in the heart of
Senator Hanna through his ability ia
accomplish political results. Up to this
time his influence has been sufficient
to prevent the success of the attacks
upon the little coterie of officials whom
he had around him in the Postoffice
Department, and but for the fact that
the Postmaster General went off to
Cuba, leaving Wynne in charge
Heath's chief lieutenant might still be
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

doing business at the head Of the sal
aries and allowances division.
Another man for whom Wynne has
gone cunning is the head of the free
delivery system. August Machen. An
investigation is now being made of Mr..
Machen's office. Up to date IL seems
that about the only thing that has been
proven against Machen is that he has
the friendship and support of a lot of
senators and representatives, whom he
has favored to greater or less extent
In connection with the administration
OF his office. Last winter a local news
paper, which started a crusade against
Machen. Beavers and a few others
1t is asserted at the instance of Assist
ant Postmaster General Wynne, though
this is not certain-endeavOred to make
capital against Machen out of the fact
that he was partner with his brother
in a coal firm here which had supplied
the Postotfice Department with coal.
The law which prohibits an official be-
ing interested in any contracts with his
department was quoted, and a strong
effort was made at that time to pre-
JUDGE Machen in the eyes of his sup
porters. His connection with this mat
ter was, however. strongly Endorsed by
Postmaster General Payne. 1t was at
the time OF the coal strike. when Wash
lhS toh was SuHSIlnB IfOHl a coal Iam-
inc. and the postoffice building was on
the verge of being shut up for lack
OF fuel. Local dealers were appealed
to, the Machen firm among the others.
The Machens had some coal and agreed
to furnish the department with it at a
price considerably lower than that ask
ed by other dealers. Postmaster Cen
eral Payne expressed the opinion that
instead of being blamed, Mr.. Machen
deserved the thanks of the government
for coming to it's rescue at a critical
time.
Machen's strong support at the hands
OF leaders in Congress is said by his
friends to be one reason for a fight be-
ing made against him. They seemed to
thtnk-his friends-that some other Of
ficials are jealous of his strength. How
ever this may be, his office is now be-
ing investigated. Acting Postmaster
General Wynne makes no secret of his
belief that Machen should follow Beav-
ers. Machen is fighter, however, and
even his enemies are doubtful wheth-
er they can prove anything against
him which would force his resignation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

Washington, March 2S.-As virulent
as ever was the Hartfield-McCoy feud
in Eastern Kentucky is the feud now
aging between two factions of Of
hcials of the post-office department.
While no blood has been shed and, in
all probability, none viii be, several
official lives are in danger.
First Assistant Postmaster Gener-
al Wynne is at the head of one Of
these factions. The other is composed
of officials who have been in the
department for several years and who
were either placed there at the in
stance of former First Assistant Post
master General Perry Heath or after
getting in, became closely allied to the
fortunes of that gentleman.
One official scalp is now hanging at
the belt of Wynne. He is after others.
Whether he will get them, or whether
because of failure to do so his own will
be skillfully removed, is yet to be de-
veloped.
The sudden resignation of George
w. Beavers, who has for several years
been at the head of the salaries and
allowances division of the department,
was the direct result of General
Wynne's crusade against the Heath
crowd. Beavers was permitted to re-
sign, and it was announced that he
had taken this step in order to &C.
cept better position in commercial
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

and the man who would be In charge
OF the department during his absence.
In this Wynne talked to Payne with
the bark off," He told the Postmas-
ter General that he intended to push
his investigation into the abuses,
which he believed had grown up in
the department. and this the Postmas-
ter General, with some trepidation,
agreed to. Postmaster General Payne
is not strong man physically, and he
does not like fight. Moreover, he is
primarily politician and some of the
most influential politicians in the Re-
publican party have been urging upon
him the necessity of squelching all in
vestigation, on the ground that such
investigation, with the disclosures
which must follow, would reflect upon
the administration and the Republican
party.
When he got away and wynne he
came acting postmaster general, the
latter determined to bring things to a
head. In a few days he went to Pres
fdent Roosevelt and told him of GER
tain ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS those in
volving Beavers.
Keep it up" the President said.
There was once an assistant secretary
OF the navy who got busy when his
chief went away"
Anu lhcil the TISSlOeIlI StIllieQ at tHe
recollection.
Other Republican officials would have
probably baked at the suggestion that
an attempt to clean out the Augean
stables would disclose a lot of rotten
ness done in the interest of. or in the
name Of. the Republican party. Wynne
seems imbued with the belief that the
disclosure should be brought to the
surface, no matter who was hurt.
Hxyhn
forced, is a New Yorker, and is un-
derstood to have strong political back
ing. After Heath resigned Beavers be-
came recognized as the head and front
of the Heath ring in the department
His position was one which might be
made very useful to the Republican Ma
tional Committee because in return fol-
favors granted in the shape of con-
tracts, good fat contributions to the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
Blood Poison Cured.

This is an affction of which it be truly said
that 1.-THE cure is often than the disease itself"
Incompetent practitioners, who do not keep of
the achievements in medicine and science continue
to administer mercury and potash, the king nfe-de
stroyng minerals, which in the end leaves many one
shattered in mind and body with teeth locomo-
tor ataxia and epilepsy staring him in the face My
of curing specific blood poison whether the first
second third stage, is by entirely original vegeta-
blechemic process. The treatment is simple, mild,
efectual will stop hair and eyebrows
falling out and remove every Sore ulcer scab on
your body, swelling of the glands in throat and
parts and patches in the mouth the matter
of few days. and in few weeks have you so fit that
would know had the disease. will clean
out your system of vestige of the poison and
make again fit for parenthood and the higher joys
of life NV method thoroughly permanent
iy that cured by you again con-
tract the disease. matter how careless you may
become,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
QUEER SCHOOLS
IN FOREIGN LANDS
Any Boy or Girl Who Goes Dirty to
School in Sweden's Capital Is
Scrubbed in a Bathtub.

Going to school in foreign countries
is sometimes attended with peculiar ex-
periences which are unknown to school
children in the United States.
In Stockholm, the capital of Sweden,
for instance, it seems that the boys and
girls do not always answer the sound
of the school bell with their faces and
hands nicely washed and looking clean
and neat. This, of course, never hap
pens in America, where boys and girls
are not afraid of soap and water. or
the comb and brush; but in far-off
Stockholm, sad to say, it sometimes
does.
AS a remedy for this. one of the
great public schools in that city has
it's entire basement occupied by bath
rooms, and when child appears in his
or her seat looking unwashed and I'M
tidy, down to the bathroom that schol-
ar goes. A boy, after being scrubbed
and having his hair combed properly,
is made to clean his boots and brush
his clothes before he is allowed to go
back to the school-room and begin his
studies and recitations. There is no
escape from cleanliness in that school
II the scholar sneaks out OF cleaning
himself up at home in the morning,
the sharp eye of the teacher detects
him as soon as he enters the school
room and orders him down to the bath
room.
There are fifty bathtubs in the base
ment, and they are nearly all made
use of every day. Some of the schol-
ars, before the bathtubs were put in,
used to complain. when taken to task
for coming To school dirty. that they
had not proper facilities for making
themselves clean at home. Others had
careless parents who did not care how
their children went TO school. So It
was decided 10 turn the big basement
into bath-house, and now that school
IN as clean as any IN the world-ln fact,
II boasts OF being the cleanest, though
some American schools might dispute
that claim and not have bathtubs in
the basement either
Another feature Of this school OF the
bathtubs al Stockholm is a midday
meal, which N given 20 the poorest OF
the scholars whose parents are so
poor thnt they cannot provide them
with lunches 20 take with them. or
have 20 so Oat 10 work all day ana
would, therefore, not be home 70 give
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
ses Have You Got?
Associate Diseases Cured.

My special attention is always directed to the comp
cations of disease. only cure the disease but
likewise remove the complications. Few doctors
derstand this and that is why few successful
Nervous debility, impoency and kindred conditions
usually complicated with varicocele prostate enlarge
ment, structure organic disease. That why
those one-forall remedies poweress cure-they
do not reach the seat of the trouble the compoa
tons only the visible of disease
chronic discharges urinary disorders distractions
cocele, structure and postac trouble is perfect
of the leading special hospitals of have
asked permission to adopt it. For the present this
treatment can be had only from me in If
seeing yourself drifting further and away
from physical perfection if you less and less able
to enjoy the pleasures of life as used to,
me and let me tell you the reason. Likewise let me
to how 1t is to be cured right
means employed Call and will gladly explain to
how accomplish these permanently in SO
short time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
EARL OF YARMOUTH
WILL GET HIS BRIDE
In Some Way the Differences Touching the Mar
riase Portion Have Been Patched Up

nowadays as the Don Cameron house
and which, within the last few years,
has been occupied first by the Hobarts
and then by the Hannas. The Earl of
Yarmouth, who had been endeavoring
to make living as a bad actor. came
accounting Miss Thaw. and after that
all the mystery concerning the Thaw
family was cleared away.
There was not so very much mystery
about them after all. The father of
Miss Thaw played an important part in
the development of Pittsburg. To him
more than to anybody else according
to common report, is the development
of the smoky city as a center of art
and music, due. Mr.. Thaw was a des-
cendant of an old family, and at the
time of his death was second vice pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Company.
He had been a prominent figure in
canal and steamboat transportation,
and upon the completion of the Penn
sylvania Railroad to Pittsburg, he be-
came interested in that. He made a
large amount of money, and his taste
running to science and art, he was
the most prominent factor in the de-
velopment of this phase of Pittsburg
life. He died in Paris in 1889, leaving a
fortune of many millions. Each of his
ten children inherited a million dollars
which, however is in the hands of
trustees and cannot at present be
transferred by the prospective countess
to her titled husband, although, no
body, apparently could need it more
The trustees have. 1t is announced de-
termined that she shall receive an an
nual income of $4,000
Miss Thaw is of medium hight, with
dark eyes and sunny hair, and is not
noted for her beauty. She has cut some
figure in Washington society this win
ter, but 1t cannot be said that the
Thaws have been cutting a wide swath
in Washingtons smart set Miss Thaw
is, however. simple and quiet in her
tastes, is in every respect a normal
young American girl and will grace
even the exalted title which will come
to her when her husband becomes the
Marquis of Hartford.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
POST OFFICE OFFICIALS
IN A FIERCE FEUD
factions Are at War, Despite the Protests OF
Republican Party Leaders

life All Washington believes, and
apparently with the best of reasons.
tnat he had no intention of resigning
until General Wynne had made such a
case against him that he felt it neces-
sary to throw up his hands and step
down and out.
Postmaster General Payne has in the
past been allied with the man whom
Wynne is lighting. Some time ago
he went to President Roosevelt with
certain charges against Wynne, seek
ing his removal. 1t was asserted that
Wynne was unnecessarily brusque and
rough in his treatment of public men
who came to him on business, He
was alleged also to have made certain
remarks about the proneness of men,
bers OF Congress to seek promotion for
women possessing physical charms,
which, 1t was said, reflected both upon
public men in general and upon the
women in government employ. Wynne
went to the President himself. charg-
ing that there was no good ground
for these statements concerning him in
the first place and. in the second
place, that they were inspired by men
in the department who were afraid
they would become involved by the
Investigation which he had set on foot.
, The President. it is understood, told
Wynne that he need not be disturbed
about the charges.
Then Postmaster General PAYNE
went away, taking sea trip with
Secretary Moody on the good ship Dol
phin, at government expense. Before
he left, however, there was a sensa-
tionAl meeting in his Office between him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

day she saw a little Chinese boy raise
his hands as a signal that he wanted
to speak to her. Upon being asked
what he had to say, he replied:
Grandpa is sick to-day and wants
TO be excused from school,"
Sure enough, the little pigtaiPs aged
grandfather. who studied by the side
of his grandson, seated on the same
bench every day, and Tecting in the
same classes, was absent. But he came
to school again in a few days and
studied hard TO catch up with his
grGndson, who was his rival for pro-
motion to the next higher class.
Iceland. that island away up to-
ward the North Pole, never would
suit some children as a place to live
in, for in Iceland there are few pri-
mary schools. Until recently there
were noon, and the few that have now
difference in the general plan of edu-
cation in the island.
But every house in Iceland is a
school house, nevertheless, and a child
has to study as hard as. II not harder,
than he does in lands where schools
are many. Every parent is supposed
to teach his children at home until
they are old enough to go to the high
schools, and so, in every household,
right after breakfast, school begins
and lasts for a certain number of
hours.
You see, the climate is so severe up
there that small children going to
school in winter would be likely to be
frozen to death on their way to or
from the school-house when the
weather is bad; so primary schools
are dispensed with, except one or two
in Reykjavik, the only city on the
island.
But the children are made to study
to so much benefit at home that in all
Iceland there is not child over ten
years old who cannot read and write.
Boys are so we'll taught as they grow
up that it is not an uncommon thing
to find laborer who can speak seven
langua ges.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
BY r. NJ. Larner.

Washington, March 28-Trouble over
the settlement of Miss Thaw's millions,
it is understood. has threatened to end
in breaking off the formerly announced
engagement of the Earl of Yarmouth
to the daughter of the late Pittsburg
millionaire. The sensational departure
of Miss Thaw from Washington for
Florida few weeks ago, followed by
the ardent, but impecunious, Earl and
the subsequent announcement of an
engagement between the two young
people, gave free range to the yellow
Journals to describe this International
romance.
For the last two or three days the
report was persistently circulated that
the enga gement, to which Mrs. Thaw
had reluctantly consented, had been
broken off. The reasons given were
that the Earl expected a very hand
some dot" to be stipulated in the mar
riage settlement. The relatives and
friends of Miss Thaw, who have so
vigorously opposed the engagement
from it's origin, interviewed. it is said,
" PACNChI IhS Hol hio'h SeIllh6 Soil-
troll of the young lady's fortune, as is
said to have been his intention.
These rumors, however, have been
set at rest by Mrs. Thaw's announce
ment that the wedding will take place
on April q, in Pittsburg.
When the announcement was first
made that the Earl of Yarmouth was
to marry an American heiress, a Miss
Thaw, everybody began asking who
are the Thaws. The only time that the
name had previously attracted the at
tention of the newspaper readers was
in connection with a dinner given in
Paris by a young man of that name
who was starred in the cables as one
of the leaders of American society.
Later the Thaws came to Washington
and leased the historic old place on
Lafayette Square which is best known
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

the child anything to eat, If he went
home at noontime.
Strange to say, this feature of the
school is much more popular among
the scholars than the bathtubs, and
the daily combing and scrubbing.
Another school which is rather diff
ferent from others exists in China.
1t is school conducted by the mis-
sionaries and is attended by pupils of
all ages from the little fellows with
little pigtails. to grown men with big,
long pigtails. Even old men attend the
school and study side by side with the
young scholars.
One of the teachers says that one
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
Diseases of Women Cured.

have been no less successful in the treatment of
women. In 1000 cases have found it necessary
but three times to perform surgical operation, and in
these 1000 physical examination
essary in only cent. have plan by which, with
few salient questions, tell just what the
ter and thorough knowledge of the structure of the
organs at suggests plan of Ladies should
not hesitate to to my ofce in fact. they should
give preference others. They will treated
with every possible courtesy and with no embarrass-
ments not only have original way of curing such
chronic conditions discharges, falling of the womb
ovarian trouble, menstrual Irregularities and bearing
down pains, without the of the knife and by mild
means, but all complications well whether
they be of the stomach, the heart the kidneys,
that vertigo, headaches fainting spells and fits
nervous exhaustion become thing of the
refer you to the many thousands of who will
gladly admit that they their good
to my advanced methods Of cure.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
A Conversation With a
Climax.
when 81 Professional Man Talks It's
to the Point.


to the Point.
Several famous American physicians
and surgeons were recently dining to-
gether after session of a national
meeting held in New York.
IT had a remarkable case this win
ter" remarked a surgeon present,
whose name as a specialist in rectal
diseases is world wide. MY patient
was woman, a delicate, nerve racked
ceature, who had suffered so fearfully
from the ravages Of hemorrhoids, that
the knife seemed the only solution Of
the trouble, and yet her heart was
weak and her strength so wasted by
this fearful disease that we dared not
operate.
II had ceased my visits to her for a
time and had given up all hope, when
one morning she entered my Office
looking like a new woman: the pallor
had disappeared and the lines of suf-
fering were nearly eradicated from her
face. She told me that she had pur-
chased proprietary medicine, namely:
Pyramid Pile Cure, and that from the
first insertion of the suppositories she
had obtained instant relief. / made an
examination and found the rectum in
excellent condition, the Inflammation
entirely disappeared and the swollen
veins in normal condition.
Il was so interested in the case that
/ had the remedy analysed carefully
and was 80 pleased with the result OF
the analysis, finding a combination OF
the most healing and scientific reme-
dies present In the Pyramid Pile Cure
ana In a more convenient form than
could secure them otherwise, that
wrote to the Pyramid Drug COfnpanv
at Marshall. Mich, asking for their
booklet on Piles. their Nature, Cause
and Cure (Which by the way Is sent
free). and have since used their Pile
Cure extensively and with best results
IN my practice. ! do not hesitate 10
recommend n 70 you al. II Will often
save your patient from a painful surgi-
cal operation which IN many cases re-
suits fatally"